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Curator - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Accountant, Attorney, Auditor, Bailiff, Bibliographer, Bibliophile

A curator of a cultural heritage institution (e.g. archive, library, museum) is a person who manages the institution's collection.

In the United Kingdom it also to applied to government employees who monitor the quality of contract archaeological work under PPG 16 and are considered to manage the cultural resource of a region.

In contemporary art, the curator is the person who organizes an exhibition. A new figure in contemporary art is the freelance curator, who does not have affiliation with any particular gallery or museum.

External link

How good a curator would you make? The Exhibitionists (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/maths/)

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