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Overview
Collection managers care for and preserve objects in cultural institutions such as museums, libraries and archives, working with curators and conservators.
In job descriptions, look for object handling, collections records, storage conditions, conservation support, exhibition preparation, loans, inventories and museum or archive systems.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Collection manager work is about keeping cultural objects identifiable, stable and usable for research, exhibitions or public access. The role can include object handling, storage planning, records, inventories, loan preparation and coordination with curators and conservators.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes collections documentation, object handling, preventive conservation, storage conditions, museum databases, accession records, exhibition movement and careful tracking of loans or location changes.
Salary context
Salary context depends on collection scale, object sensitivity, database responsibility, loan and exhibition workload, staff coordination and whether the role owns preservation planning or mainly supports it.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward senior collections manager, registrar, curator, conservation coordination, archive management, museum operations or specialist stewardship of a material or object category.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name the collection type, database system, storage environment, inventory duties, exhibition support, loan handling, conservation contact and the level of decision-making over objects.
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This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 3
Bill and Account Collectors
43-3011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETArchivists
25-4011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETCurators
25-4012.00
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Archivists and curators (2621)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/96be6ac3-5932-4bfc-933d-84b267d0d486 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2621.2 |
| ISCO group | 2621 |
| Concept type | Occupation |