curatorship
Museum position responsibility
Curatorship is the position or work of a curator—someone who manages a collection, typically at a museum, gallery, or archive.
The term covers both the role itself and the period someone holds it: During her curatorship, the museum acquired several major works.
It can also describe the broader practice of selecting and organizing cultural materials.
Space for displaying artwork
- collectionGathered set of items
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
restoration · provenance · authenticity · artifacts · antiquities · specimens · docent · conservator
Legal care of another
- trusteeshipFiduciary guardianship position
- custodianshipResponsibility for care, protection
- careAttentive regard for others
- protectionGuarding against harm
responsibility · administration · oversight · maintenance · accountability · ethics · fiduciary · sustainability
Analog-to-electronic transformation
- archivesStored historical documents
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- informaticsProcessing knowledge through computers
- repositoryPlace for storing things
database · accessibility · virtual · online · multimedia · interactive · documentation · cataloging
Maintaining something's condition
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- cultureCollective social practices
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
monuments · landmarks · folklore · customs · lineage · legacy · relics · chronicles
Cabinet for displaying items
- vernissageExhibition opening reception
- installationsPlaced and secured equipment
- displayPresentation for viewing
- viewingAct of watching something
preview · opening · reception · catalogue · triennial · retrospective · thematic · traveling
gallery
Space for displaying artwork
- collectionGathered set of items
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
conservation · restoration · provenance · authenticity · artifacts · antiquities · specimens · docent · conservator · archiving
guardianship
Legal care of another
- trusteeshipFiduciary guardianship position
- custodianshipResponsibility for care, protection
- careAttentive regard for others
protection · responsibility · administration · oversight · maintenance · accountability · ethics · fiduciary · sustainability · legacy
digitization
Analog-to-electronic transformation
- archivesStored historical documents
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- informaticsProcessing knowledge through computers
repository · database · accessibility · virtual · online · multimedia · interactive · documentation · cataloging · taxonomy
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- cultureCollective social practices
archaeology · monuments · landmarks · folklore · customs · lineage · legacy · relics · chronicles · patrimony
showcase
Cabinet for displaying items
- vernissageExhibition opening reception
- installationsPlaced and secured equipment
- displayPresentation for viewing
viewing · preview · opening · reception · catalogue · triennial · retrospective · thematic · traveling · blockbuster
- legal statuslegal status, legal capacity, civil status, personhood, legal entity
- Quebec lawnotaries, notary, advocates, obligations, servitudes
- guardianshipguardian, legal guardian, ward of court, conservator, custodian
- juvenile lawjuvenile law, juvenile court, juvenile courts, juvenile justice, juvenile rights
- Louisiana LawNapoleonic Code, community property, usufruct, successions, tutorship
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions
curatorshipneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · hoarding · carelessness · mismanagement · dereliction
curatorshipownership
Legal right of possession
private collection · proprietorship · dealership · commodification · collecting
curatorshipchaos
Complete disorder and confusion
disarray · disorganization · clutter · disorder · randomness