How to become a Curator
Also called: Archaeology museum curator, Art gallery curator, Collections curator, Educational institution curator, Exhibition curator, Museologist, Museum curator, Natural history museum curator, Photography and prints curator, Photography museum curator, Assistant Content and Experience Development Executive/Assistant Curator, Content and Experience Development Executive/Curator
Curator administers collections, such as artwork, collectibles, historic items, or scientific specimens of museums or other institutions. He/she may conduct research or public service and instructional activities. He/she may develop engaging and informative content to communicate exhibition and programme details.
Main tasks
- Directing or carrying out the preparation of indexes, bibliographies, microfilm copies and other reference aids to the collected material and making them available to users
- Researching the origin, distribution and use of materials and objects of cultural and historical interest
- Organising, developing and maintaining collections of artistic, cultural, scientific or historically significant items
- Directing or undertaking classification and cataloguing of museum and art gallery collections and organising exhibitions
- Researching into, appraising, and developing, organising and preserving historically significant and valuable documents such as government papers, private papers, photographs, maps, manuscripts and audio-visual materials
- Preparing scholarly papers and reports
Ways in
- University: Arts & Humanities degrees, Offered by 3 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $67,140 a year. The middle half earn $55,320 to $96,000 a year.
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Curator?
Ways in include: Arts & Humanities degrees.
How much does a Curator earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $67,140 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $55,320 to $96,000.
Will AI change the work of a Curator?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, 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