Museum Technicians & Conservators

Restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit. May work with specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts, or botanicals; or artifacts, textiles, or art. May identify and record objects or install and arrange them in exhibits. Includes book or document conservators.

On the job, you would:

• Install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts' safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set up.
• Repair, restore, and reassemble artifacts, designing and fabricating missing or broken parts, to restore them to their original appearance and prevent deterioration.
• Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.

Education

• master's degree
• bachelor's degree

Arts and Humanities

• music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
• English language

Safety and Government

• public safety and security

Business

• management

Math and Science

• chemistry

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• reading work related information

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Realistic

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

• Attention to Detail
• Dependability
• Cooperation
• Integrity
• Analytical Thinking
• Initiative

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• order or arrange things
• create new and original ideas

Hand and Finger Use

• keep your arm or hand steady
• put together small parts with your fingers