curator
noun
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In a good-sized art museum, each curator is generally responsible for a single department or collection: European painting, Asian sculpture, Native American art, and so on. Curatorial duties include acquiring new artworks, caring for and repairing objects already owned, discovering frauds and counterfeits, lending artworks to other museums, and mounting exhibitions of everything from Greek sculpture to 20th-century clothing.
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Travis Diehl, New York Times, 28 May 2024
According to Hal Wallace, curator of electricity collections at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, each scanner was cumbersome and cost Marsh $4,000, or around $25,000 today, plus expenses for installation and training.
—Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
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“Curator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curator. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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curator
noun
kyu̇-ˈrāt-
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curator
noun
Latin, guardian, from curare to take care of
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