curator
noun
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
curators
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pluralof curator.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Lacking the necessary technology and expertise to answer that question, museum curators stored the mysterious fragments while competing explanations remained unresolved.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
In addition, the museum’s curators tended to be specialized in material culture — collecting and studying the museum’s several million objects and artifacts — rather than in conceptual storytelling.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Following the recent success of the new Christopher Nolan film based on the epic poem, curators said they hoped there would be renewed interest in artists' interpretations of Homer's work.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The curators attribute this sea-change in tastes to a reaction against impersonal mechanization caused by industrialization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Too bad for the soldier that when the war broke out, curators removed The Night Watch from Het Rijksmuseum, rolling up the canvas and trucking it to a castle in the country somewhere.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
