curator

Japanese: curator
curator

...On the other hand, many museums allocate a large amount of space to workshops for producing and repairing exhibit materials, exhibition preparation rooms, etc. The central role of museum management is played by staff members called curators, who collect and organize materials, conduct research, plan exhibitions, and carry out various educational activities. In the field of natural history, the curators are often researchers mainly in taxonomy, while in the field of science and engineering, the curators are often researchers in the fields of physics, chemistry, and engineering. In the field of science and engineering, interest in the history of science and technology has recently increased, and science museum curators are increasingly participating in research into industrial archaeology, which was proposed in the UK and introduced to Japan. ...

From the Curator:

A curator is a specialist staff member assigned to a museum. In Japan's Museum Law, a curator is required to have the legal qualifications to "be in charge of the collection, storage, exhibition, research, and other related matters concerning museum materials" (Article 4, Paragraph 4), and assistant curators are available to assist them.

From the Museum

...In addition, there are general administrative staff, technical staff, and other staff such as security staff. Specialized staff are called curators, keepers, etc., depending on the history of the museum and the differences in functions, and are names given to the heads of each department, and have a high social status. In Japan, the Museum Law calls specialized museum staff curators, but translating this as curator can be misleading.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "curator" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その反面,展示資料の製作,修理等のための工作室,展示準備室等に大きな面積をあてているものが多い。 博物館の運営の中心は学芸員curatorと呼ばれる職員で,資料を収集整理し,研究調査を行い,展示を企画し,また種々の教育活動を行うが,自然史分野では主として分類学に関する研究者が,理工学分野では,理化学,工学に関する分野の研究者が学芸員となっていることが多い。理工学分野では,最近,科学技術史に関する関心が高まり,また,イギリスで提唱され,日本にも導入された産業考古学の研究に関して,科学博物館学芸員が参加するものも増えている。…

【学芸員】より

…博物館に配置される専門職員で,英語でキュレーターcuratorという。日本の博物館法では,〈博物館資料の収集,保管,展示及び調査研究その他これと関連する事業についての専門的事項をつかさどる〉(4条4項)法定の資格を有しているものとされ,これを補佐するものとして学芸員補がある。…

【博物館】より

…このほか一般の事務職員,技術職員,その他警備などの職員がいる。専門職員については,博物館の歴史,機能の差異などから,キュレーターcurator,キーパーkeeperなどと呼ばれ,それぞれの部署の責任者に与えられる名称で,社会的な地位は高い。日本では博物館法で,博物館の専門職員を学芸員と呼んでいるが,これをキューレーターと訳すと誤解されやすい。…

※「curator」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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