Gallery, museum and library technicians
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.
Skill level: SkilledCheck your Wage
- Salary range for the majority of workers in Gallery, museum and library technicians - from $2,245 to $7,207 per month - 2026.
- A Gallery, museum and library technicians typically earns between $2,245 and $4,311 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between $2,479 and $5,112 per month for a working week of 40 hours.
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Tasks and duties
- 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
