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curatorial

American  
[kyoor-uh-tawr-ee-uhl] / ˌkjʊr əˈtɔr i əl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to curators or their duties.


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For this imaginative survey, E. Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, curator in the museum’s Department of Musical Instruments, has drawn from 10 of the museum’s curatorial departments.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Peter Harrap is an artist and the curatorial advisor for the exhibition.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

In this Jubilee Year of St. Francis, curatorial miracles, it seems, are possible.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

"Tellus is currently the only museum to have a cast of Deinosuchus schwimmeri, so this is an experience our visitors can't get anywhere else," added Rebecca Melsheimer, the museum's curatorial coordinator.

From Science Daily Apr. 15, 2026

Out of a litter of well-bred pups belonging to this variety, the greater part will at once assume a curatorial attitude toward a flock.

From Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

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