Art Conservator
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Job Desription
Job Desription
manage, preserve, treat, and document works of art, artifacts, and specimens—work that may require substantial historical, scientific, and archaeological research. Conservators document their findings and treat items to minimize their deterioration or to restore them to their original state.
Salary average: $27,000 - $70,000
Salary average: $27,000 - $70,000
Occupational Outlook
Occupational Outlook
Demand for Museum Technicians and Conservators is expected to go up with an expected 4,580 new jobs filled by 2029 [projected to grow 10 percent]
Links to Learn More About This Career:
Links to Learn More About This Career:
Educational Requirements:
Educational Requirements:
a degree. This can be directly in conservation, such as the BA Conservation and Cultural Heritage program at the University of Lincoln or in a related field such as archaeology, museum studies, history, fine art, chemistry or materials science.
Uk college of arts and science
Uk college of arts and science
Address: 202, 120 Patterson Dr, Lexington KY 40508
Website:
https://www.as.uky.edu/
Information on the Major: https://uknow.uky.edu/arts-culture/uk-art-museum-presents-special-lectures-linked-current-exhibitions
UK College of fine arts
UK College of fine arts
Address: 236 Bolivar St, Lexington KY 40508
Website:
https://finearts.uky.edu/
Information on the Major:
https://finearts.uky.edu/arts-administration/resources-disaster-relief
Soft Skills, Characteristics, and/or Abilities Need For This Career:
Soft Skills, Characteristics, and/or Abilities Need For This Career:
Preserving, repairing and restoring art objects and artifacts.
Determining whether objects require repair.
Taking photos of objects for documentation.
Recommending preservation procedures.
Specializing in certain materials or object types.
Estimating restoration costs
Software Knowledge Needed For This Career:
Software Knowledge Needed For This Career:
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Pros and Cons to Choosing This Career
Pros and Cons to Choosing This Career
Pros (Positives to this Career)
Pros (Positives to this Career)
Builds fine motor skills and neutral connections
Makes Old art look new
Carries the essence of the past into the future
Cons (Negatives to this Career)
Cons (Negatives to this Career)
Time-Consuming
Expensive
careful precision
Typical Working Conditions For This Career:
Typical Working Conditions For This Career:
museums, historical sites, governments, colleges and universities, corporations, and other institutions
Career Researched By: Graci Presley
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