word | curator |
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definition | Someone in charge of something where things are on exhibit, such as a collection, a museum, or a zoo. |
eg_sentence | In recent decades, zoo curators have tried to make the animals' surroundings more and more like their natural homes. |
explanation | In a good-sized art museum, each curator is generally responsible for a single department or collection: European painting, Asian sculpture, Native American art, and so on. Curatorial duties include acquiring new artworks, caring for and repairing objects already owned, discovering frauds and counterfeits, lending artworks to other museums, and mounting exhibitions of everything from Greek sculpture to 20th-century clothing. |
IPA | ˈkjʊrətər |
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