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The World of Curation

Daily tasks of a curator

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Module 1 The World of Curation
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Unit 2 The World of Curation Pre-Test  
Unit 3 Origins of Curating  
Unit 4 Curatorial ecosystem: where can a curator work  
Unit 5 Possibilities of curating: why do we curate  
Unit 6 Developing the knowledge and skills of a curator  
Unit 7 Daily tasks of a curator  
Unit 8 The World of Curation Post-Test  

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Rare and Strange Encounters of the Curatorial Kind
An article by historian Anne Pushkal with insights from history and science museum curators about their daily tasks.
http://ultimatehistoryproject.com/what-do-curators-do.html

What does it take to become a museum curator
Interview with curator Natalie Bell, in which she talks about her daily tasks at the MIT List Visual Arts Center.
https://hbr.org/2021/12/career-crush-what-does-it-take-to-be-a-museum-curator

What skills you need as a curator, listed by topic
Building on the previous unit ‘Developing the Knowledge and Skills of a Curator’, this article gives an insight into how those skills are applied to the common tasks of a curator.
https://climbtheladder.com/art-curator-skills/