Also called: Collections Manager
Tracks, packs, insures, and ships priceless museum objects.
Registrars manage records for every object, coordinate loans to other museums, supervise art handlers, and travel as couriers with masterpieces.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in museum studies or art history.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Museum Studies, Art History, History.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Collection databases and AI cataloging trim record-keeping; packing, couriering and handling loans of real objects stay human.
Classes: Art history, History, Computer applications, English.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4012.
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