Curator

The curator ( from the Latin curare, grooming, care about ') or curator ( from the Latin custos, Guardian ' designed ) exhibitions and / or supervised collections in institutions such as museums.

Tasks

The activity of the museum curator, the publication of museum publications, the Museum Education and scholarly review of the collection may also include how the organization of museum tours and cultural trips. Other responsibilities include maintaining contacts with other museums, lenders and private sponsors, and the acquisition of donations and sponsorships. Together with the Board, he developed the exhibition and events program.

Training

A precondition is usually a university degree with a PhD or comparable performance. In the mostly governmental or municipal entities ( collections, museums, galleries ) a two-year internship is required as a career.

Increasingly, there are postgraduate curatorial training courses that combine theory and practice; inter alia, to the following universities:

  • Cultures of the Curatorial, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
  • Ecm - educating / curating / managing. Master program for exhibition theory and practice at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
  • Postgraduate Programme in Curating, Institute Cultural Studies in the Arts, University of Art and Design Zurich
  • Curatorial Studies - History theory criticism, Goethe University and the Städel School in Frankfurt am Main
  • Professional Development Courses Art Criticism & Curatorial knowledge, Ruhr- University Bochum

Curator ( Germany )

Curator is a service and career designation for civil servants in German museums and collections. Employees are, however, referred to as Research Assistants. In general requirement is a university degree with a PhD or comparable performance. He heard the curator, to the higher service.

  • Curator or conservator ( A 13) - comparable to teacher, Regierungsrat, Academic Council,
  • Chief curator or conservator upper ( A 14) - comparable to a senior teacher, senior executive officer, Senior Researcher
  • Supreme Custodian or head curator ( A 15) - comparable with the Director of Studies, Government Director, Academic Director
  • Museum Director, State Conservator (A 16) - Academic comparable with headmaster, Ministerial Counsellor, Executive Director
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