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Overview
Cultural archive managers lead archive or collection work for cultural material, coordinating collection care, museum databases, conservation plans, artefact movement, staff, budgets and exhibition loans.
In job descriptions, look for collection management, archive management, digital archives, conservation techniques, object condition, inventories, museum environment, risk management, art loans and cultural differences in exhibitions.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Cultural archive manager work centres on collections, archives and cultural objects. The manager protects collection care while coordinating staff, budgets, risk, databases, loans and exhibition needs.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include documenting collections, planning conservation, supervising artefact movement, monitoring museum environments, managing digital archives, compiling inventories and assessing object condition.
Salary context
Salary context depends on collection size, staff and budget responsibility, conservation risk, digital archive scope, exhibition loans, project management and responsibility for valuable or fragile objects.
Career paths
Development can move from archive, museum or collection roles into archive management, collection strategy, conservation coordination, exhibition operations, digital collections or cultural project leadership.
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Check whether the advert names archive management, museum databases, conservation plans, object movement, inventory work, digital archives, art loans, environmental monitoring and risk management.
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O*NET relationships: 1
Archivists
25-4011.00
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Occupation group
Archivists and curators (2621)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fb022de4-920a-4eb0-80f9-fbb8ecfc36b1 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2621.4 |
| ISCO group | 2621 |
| Concept type | Occupation |