How to become a gallery or Museum and related technician
Official title: Gallery/Museum and related technician
Also called: Gallery technician, Museology technician, Museum technician, Naturalist (taxidermist), Taxidermist, Naturalist (taxidermist), Taxidermist
Gallery/Museum and related technician restores, maintains, or prepares objects in museum or gallery collections for storage, research, or exhibition. He/she may work with artefacts, textiles, art or specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts, or botanicals. He/she may identify and record objects or install and arrange them in exhibits.
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
- Entering data into databases and editing computer records
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Will AI change the work of a gallery or Museum and related technician?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- 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