Museum Conservators and Technicians
Museum Conservators and Technicians
Bright Outlook
Career outlook for
Museum Conservators and Technicians
What's it like?
Restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit. May work with specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts; or artifacts, textiles, or art. May identify and record objects or install and arrange them in exhibits. Includes book or document conservators.
Working conditions
Tasks
- Install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts’ safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set up.
- Repair, restore, and reassemble artifacts, designing and fabricating missing or broken parts, to restore them to their original appearance and prevent deterioration.
- Classify and assign registration numbers to artifacts and supervise inventory control.
Top Skills
- Active Listening.
- Reading Comprehension.
- Speaking.
- Writing.
- Critical Thinking.
- Monitoring.
- Complex Problem Solving.
- Judgment and Decision Making.
- Active Learning.
- Coordination.
- Instructing.
- Learning Strategies.
- Social Perceptiveness.
- Service Orientation.
- Systems Analysis.
- Systems Evaluation.
- Time Management.
- Persuasion.
- Negotiation.
- Operation Monitoring.
Programs
Egyptian and Islamic history, Archaeology.
Average Salary
6792/ Month