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curator
[kyoo-rey-ter, kyoor-ey-, kyoor-uh-ter]
noun
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
a person who selects content for presentation, as on a website.
a manager; superintendent.
Law., a guardian of a minor or any other person who is unable to care for their own affairs, especially with regard to their property.
curator
/ ˌkjʊərəˈtɔːrɪəl, kjʊəˈreɪtə /
noun
the administrative head of a museum, art gallery, or similar institution
law a guardian of a minor, mentally ill person, etc
Other Word Forms
- curatorship noun
- curatorial adjective
- subcurator noun
- subcuratorial adjective
- subcuratorship noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of curator1
Example Sentences
Auctioneers and curators say India's art market is witnessing an unprecedented boom, driven by a surge of art fairs, galleries, and exhibition spaces across cities and towns.
Yet in their exhaustive, three-part account of Cooper’s life—the first two are by Mr. Clark, a biographer, and the third by Mr. Calvocoressi, a modern-art curator—they aim to resurrect another Cooper as well.
Downstairs, Critter Cove, still mostly empty, will feature live animals, and a Collections & Conservation area will show museum curators at work.
The current exhibition was pulled together with the help of an expanded network of scholars, archivists, curators and historians.
It is an institutionally authorized history, published by the Smithsonian’s publishing arm and written by Tom D. Crouch, a curator emeritus of the National Air and Space Museum.
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