From collection manager to cultural archive manager
11 of the 19 essential skills of a cultural archive manager are already essential for a collection manager — about 58% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from collection manager in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 8
- would be new
- 58%
- of the target job covered
- 19
- essential skills of a cultural archive manager
What a cultural archive manager does
Cultural archive managers ensure the care and preservation of a cultural institution and the archives within. They ensure the management and development of the institution’s assets and collections, including the digitisation of the archive collections.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
- conservation techniques
- cope with challenging demands
- create collection conservation plan
- document museum collection
- establish high standards of collections care
- implement risk management for works of art
- monitor museum environment
- museum databases
- respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition
- supervise artefact movement
What would be new
8 skillsEssential for a cultural archive manager and not for a collection manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from collection manager
1 roles- exhibition registrar11 skills in common
← collection managercultural archive manager →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a cultural archive manager?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.