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Curator Core Competencies

“The role of the museum curator is rewarding, broad and challenging. This compilation of curatorial core competencies created by CurCom’s Standing Committee on Ethics addresses the skills required of curators to be successful in their profession… For all the things this document is, there are several things that it is not. The Core Competencies is not a manual on how to be a curator. Instead, the intent of this document is to define the curatorial profession and identify the commonalities of curatorial domains where curators of all academic disciplines work. This document is also not intended to be a generic list of competencies for all museum professionals - it is for curators, aspiring curators, those who train curators, and those who are interested in what a curator is.” (Introduction)