National Qualification Curator
Curators are professionals who exhibit valuable items and collect and research materials at history museums and local archives. They also work as event planners.
scholar and event organizer.
Local town history museums and local archives are a basic course for field trips. There, curators are experts in exhibiting valuable items, collecting materials, and conducting research. It sounds like an interesting job, but it requires a vast amount of historical knowledge and experience. It is important to question everything, and an insatiable inquisitive mind in search of the truth is essential. This is the very work of a scholar. In addition, they need to create interesting exhibits that attract the interest of the viewer, so they need to be able to plan and execute events.
Incidentally, it should be noted that there are various types of museums where curators work, including art museums and nature museums such as zoos and botanical gardens, in addition to history museums.
Reality is harsh, but we must not give up.
Qualifications to become such a curator can be obtained by studying a course called "Museum Studies Course" at a university. When you become a high school student, check to see if there is a museum studies course at the university you are interested in. After entering the workforce, it is possible to take a correspondence course or the national examination, but it is quite difficult to balance work and study.
The biggest obstacle to becoming a curator is that it is difficult to find a job even if you are qualified. There are not many museums looking for new curators. The reality is harsh, but those who are interested should not give up. A curator pursues his or her favorite research for the rest of his or her life. It is important to have the tenacity to wait for an opportunity while working another job.
Museums often hold events for children to enjoy. Take advantage of this opportunity to get a glimpse of what it is like to be a curator.
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| get a curatorial certificate | The quickest way is to graduate from a university with a museum studies program. You can also study through correspondence courses or take the national examination administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to become certified. |
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| Find curatorial openings | Recruitment takes place when a new museum opens or when a curatorial position becomes vacant due to retirement or other reasons, so gather information frequently. |
| Take the employment exam | The content differs from museum to museum, but in most cases, a written test and an interview are conducted. Competition is very high. |
| He got a job! | It's the start of a new career at the museum. |
| Gain work experience as a curator | At the museum, I do all kinds of work. Research and research even after you get home to deepen your own expertise! |
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