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exhibition-registrar Occupational skill for the role 'exhibition registrar' (also: museum objects cataloguer, museum cataloguer, museum registrar). Use when the user asks for typical exhibition registrar work such as: Open and close library during specified hours and secure library equipment, such as computers and audio-visual equipment.; Perform clerical activities, such as answering phones, sorting mail, filing, typing, word processing, and photocopying and mailing out material.; Schedule, supervise, and train clerical workers, volunteers, student assistants, and other library employees.

Exhibition Registrar

Exhibition registrars organise, manage and document movement of museum artefacts to and from storage, display and exhibitions. This happens in collaboration with private or public partners such as art transporters, insurers and restorers, within the museum and outside.

Core workflow

  1. Open and close library during specified hours and secure library equipment, such as computers and audio-visual equipment.
  2. Perform clerical activities, such as answering phones, sorting mail, filing, typing, word processing, and photocopying and mailing out material.
  3. Schedule, supervise, and train clerical workers, volunteers, student assistants, and other library employees.
  4. Maintain library equipment, such as photocopiers, scanners, and computers, and instruct patrons in proper use of such equipment.
  5. Manage reserve materials by placing items on reserve for library patrons, checking items in and out of library, and removing out-of-date items.
  6. Lend, reserve, and collect books, periodicals, videotapes, and other materials at circulation desks and process materials for inter-library loans.
  7. Repair books using mending tape, paste, and brushes or prepare books to be sent to a bindery for repair.
  8. Prepare library statistics reports.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • advise on art handling
  • advise on government policy compliance
  • advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
  • advise on tax policy
  • assess museum object condition
  • collection management software
  • compose condition reports
  • conservation techniques
  • consult exhibition organisers
  • cope with challenging demands
  • deliver correspondence
  • document museum collection
  • ensure safety of exhibition
  • implement risk management for works of art
  • manage loans

Hot technologies

  • Microsoft Access
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • C++
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

Hot technologies

Top tools from 30 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-11):

  • TMS โ€” 17 %
  • Microsoft Office โ€” 13 %

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8f324afc-6ae8-48f5-af68-0fac08024fd1), ONET 30.3 (43-4121.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*