exhibition curatortocollection manager
A exhibition curator already meets 36% of what the collection manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
36%
66.4/ 100
1 Share of the collection manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the exhibition curator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A collection manager role treats 6 of its required skills as things a exhibition curator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- art history
- cope with challenging demands
- interact with an audience
- museum databases
- provide project information on exhibitions
- use ICT resources to solve work related tasks
What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A collection manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a exhibition curator background worth leading with.
- already held provide project information on exhibitions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held cope with challenging demands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks working with computers
- already held evaluate art quality information skills
- already held museum databases social sciences, journalism and information
- already held art-historical values arts and humanities
All 13 carried skills, including the 6 the collection manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held assess museum object condition required
- required, not held compile detailed collection inventory required
- required, not held monitor museum environment required
- required, not held document museum collection required
- required, not held implement risk management for works of art required
- required, not held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions required
- required, not held create collection conservation plan required
- optional, not held arrange interlibrary loans optional
- required, not held collection management software required
- required, not held digitization required
- optional, not held museology optional
- required, not held handle artworks required
- required, not held supervise artefact movement required
- required, not held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition required
- optional, not held contribute to specialised publications optional
- required, not held conservation techniques required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a collection manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill · sector specific
- 02 assess museum object condition skill · sector specific
- 03 collection management software knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held art history knowledge
- already held cope with challenging demands skill
- already held interact with an audience skill
- already held museum databases knowledge
- already held provide project information on exhibitions skill
- already held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
- already held art-historical values knowledge
- already held coach employees skill
- already held coordinate operational activities skill
- already held evaluate art quality skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held present exhibition skill
- already held train employees skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held establish high standards of collections care required
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held contribute to specialised publications optional
- optional, not held museology optional
- optional, not held arrange interlibrary loans optional
25 held skills the collection manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advertise an art collection skill
- not needed by the target role advise on cultural exhibitions skill
- not needed by the target role anthropology knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role archaeology knowledge
- not needed by the target role art collections knowledge
- not needed by the target role consult exhibition organisers skill
- not needed by the target role create new concepts skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role cultural projects knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of exhibition skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate cultural venue visitor needs skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role inheritance council practices knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role natural history knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise an exhibition skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role plan resource allocation skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role support public access to exhibitions skill
- not needed by the target role work in an organised manner skill
- not needed by the target role work independently on exhibitions skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held collection management software required
- required, not held conservation techniques required
- required, not held digitization required
- optional, not held museology optional
Other moves recorded from exhibition curator
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.