4.5 KiB
Market evidence report — exhibition-curator
Source: 39 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 39), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 32 | 82 % |
| n/a | 3 | 8 % |
| senior | 2 | 5 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
| lead | 1 | 3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe Suite | 3 | 8 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Office | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | The Museum System (TMS) | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | TMS | 3 | 8 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exhibition development | 15 | 38 % |
| 2 | collection management | 10 | 26 % |
| 3 | art research | 8 | 21 % |
| 4 | budget management | 7 | 18 % |
| 5 | grant writing | 7 | 18 % |
| 6 | project management | 7 | 18 % |
| 7 | curation | 6 | 15 % |
| 8 | exhibition planning | 6 | 15 % |
| 9 | research | 6 | 15 % |
| 10 | writing | 6 | 15 % |
| 11 | art handling | 5 | 13 % |
| 12 | exhibition design | 5 | 13 % |
| 13 | fundraising | 5 | 13 % |
| 14 | scholarly writing | 5 | 13 % |
| 15 | art historical research | 4 | 10 % |
| 16 | collections management | 4 | 10 % |
| 17 | contract negotiation | 3 | 8 % |
| 18 | donor relations | 3 | 8 % |
| 19 | historical research | 3 | 8 % |
| 20 | program development | 3 | 8 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | museum best practices | 3 | 8 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exhibition planning | 5 | 13 % |
| 2 | community engagement | 4 | 10 % |
| 3 | fundraising support | 4 | 10 % |
| 4 | public speaking | 4 | 10 % |
| 5 | budget tracking | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | collection care | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | exhibition coordination | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | exhibition development | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | fundraising | 3 | 8 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 39 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
39 ads.
Top hard skills:
- exhibition development — 38 % (15 ads)
- collection management — 26 % (10 ads)
- art research — 21 % (8 ads)
- budget management — 18 % (7 ads)
- grant writing — 18 % (7 ads)
- project management — 18 % (7 ads)
- curation — 15 % (6 ads)
- exhibition planning — 15 % (6 ads)
- research — 15 % (6 ads)
- writing — 15 % (6 ads)
Top tools:
- Adobe Suite — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 8 % (3 ads)
- The Museum System (TMS) — 8 % (3 ads)
- TMS — 8 % (3 ads)
- Adobe Photoshop — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Outlook — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 5 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 82 % · n/a 8 % · senior 5 % · junior 3 % · lead 3 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Curator | 2 |
| Director & Curator, List Gallery | 2 |
| Exhibitions Manager | 2 |
| Assistant Curator of African Art | 1 |
| Assistant Curator of History Exhibitions and Academic Engagement | 1 |
| Assistant Curator of Photography | 1 |
| Assistant Manager of Collections & Exhibitions | 1 |
| Associate Curator | 1 |
| Associate Curator of Sculpture | 1 |
| Associate Director Of Curatorial Affairs | 1 |
| Collections and Exhibitions Curator | 1 |
| Curator of Exhibition Content and Research | 1 |
| Curator of Native American Art | 1 |
| Curatorial Associate | 1 |
| Director Curatorial Affairs—Art Division | 1 |
| Director of Exhibition and Curatorial Services | 1 |
| Emerging Curators | 1 |
| Exhibition and Art Collection Curator | 1 |
| Exhibition Coordinator, IS-1001-11 | 1 |
| Exhibition Curator | 1 |
| Exhibition Manager and Lead Preparator | 1 |
| Exhibits Specialist | 1 |
| Gallery Director, Curator of Exhibitions & Programs | 1 |
| History Program Specialist (Museum Curator) | 1 |
| Jacques & Natasha Gelman Associate Curator | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.