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Museum Technicians and Conservators
Description
Restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit. May work with specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts, or botanicals; or artifacts, textiles, or art. May identify and record objects or install and arrange them in exhibits. Includes book or document conservators.
Common Tasks
- Install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts' safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set up.
- Coordinate exhibit installations, assisting with design, constructing displays, dioramas, display cases, and models, and ensuring the availability of necessary materials.
- Determine whether objects need repair and choose the safest and most effective method of repair.
- Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
- Prepare artifacts for storage and shipping.
Required Education
Bachelor's degree
Wages
In 2016 the mean hourly wage in the Greater Sacramento area was $18.23 . The hourly rate for this occupation typically paid between $10.22 and $24.66 .
In 2016 the mean annual salary in the Greater Sacramento area was $37,952.17 . The annual salary for this occupation typically paid between $21,253.62 and $51,292.75 .
Occupation Outlook
This occupation employed 1,500 people in California during 2014.
By 2024, there is expected to be an increase of 20.0% in the number of jobs in California for this occupation, bringing to total number to 1,800.
By 2024, in California, the median hourly rate for this occupation is expected to be $21.00 with the median annual salary reaching $45,378.
