Law, social work and culture
Archivist and curator
Key facts
This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: moderate according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −1.1% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Archivists and curators (ISCO 2621). Archivists and curators collect, appraise and ensure the safekeeping and preservation of the contents of archives, artefacts and records of historical, cultural, administrative and artistic interest, and of art and other objects.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
81 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- animal record keeper
- animal records coordinator
- animal records keeper
- animals registrar
- aquarium record keeper
- aquarium registrar
- archives and manuscripts librarian
- archives record clerk
- archives researcher
- archives specialist
- archivist
- art curator
- art educator
- art gallery curator
- art mediation developer
- art mediator
- arts education officer
- building conservation officer
- cadastral archivist
- collection manager
- collections manager
- collections registrar
- conservationist scientist
- conservator
- curator
- curator of exhibitions
- digital archivist
- education and visitor service coordinator
- education and visitor service manager
- education and visitor services coordinator
- education and visitor services manager
- education and visitor services officer
- education consultant
- education coordinator
- education manager
- education officer
- education specialist
- exhibition curator
- exhibition overseer
- exhibition registrar
- exhibition superintendent
- exhibits coordinator
- exhibits curator
- exhibits manager
- exhibits preparator
- head of education
- land register archivist
- mediation and education manager
- museum administrator
- museum cataloguer
- museum curator
- museum education coordinator
- museum education officer
- museum education specialist
- museum interpretation developer
- museum objects cataloguer
- museum registrar
- museum researcher
- museum scientist
- museum technician
- museum visitor service coordinator
- museum visitor service officer
- museum visitor services coordinator
- museum visitor services officer
- processing archivist
- records coordinator
- records keeper
- reference archivist
- visitor engagement manager
- visitor service and education manager
- visitor service coordinator
- visitor service manager
- visitor service officer
- visitor service supervisor
- visitor services and education manager
- visitor services coordinator
- visitor services manager
- visitor services officer
- zoo animal registrar
- zoo registrar
- zoo registrar and records coordinator
What next?
Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.
- ChangingLibrarian
- ChangingMuseum and library technician
- ChangingHistorian and political scientist
Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.
Gauges
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.