by Dr. Linda Ellis | Dec 16, 2019 | Art, Art History, Blog, Curation, Dr. Linda Ellis, History
People have collected art and items of cultural and natural history to preserve memory, to understand the world around us, to satisfy our curiosity for the exotic, and to possess beauty and time itself. Museums collect to preserve the cultural and natural heritage of...
by Dr. Linda Ellis | Oct 11, 2019 | Art, Art History, Blog, Curation, Dr. Linda Ellis, History, Museums, San Francisco
The primary role of a museum curator is to acquire, manage and interpret museum collections. A museum curator has many different responsibilities that fall within these primary functions, and the daily work of a curator varies considerably depending on the size and...