Artistic, cultural and culinary associate professionals

How to become a gallery, museum and library technician

Official title: Gallery, museum and library technicians

Also called: Gallery technician, Library technician, Museum technician, Taxidermist

Gallery, museum and library technicians prepare artworks, specimens and artefacts for collections, arrange and construct gallery exhibits, and assist librarians to organize and operate systems for handling recorded material and files.

Main tasks

Mounting and preparing objects for display
Designing and arranging exhibit furnishings, display cases and display areas
Assisting in setting up lighting and display equipment
Receiving, shipping, packing and unpacking exhibits
Ordering new library materials and maintaining library records and circulation systems
Cataloguing printed and recorded material
Entering data into databases and editing computer records
Operating audiovisual and reprographic equipment
Searching and verifying bibliographic data

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: HK$27,000 a month
About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

Do you need a degree to become a gallery, museum and library technician?

Not always. 36% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a gallery, museum and library technician?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026