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Collections Manager : Music and Sound : Heritage

Collections Managers handle the long-term, physical well-being of historic artifacts and collections. They inventory, catalogue, and maintain information management systems using electronic and manual databases.

Collections Managers are responsible for the administration of outgoing and incoming collections loans. They coordinate loans with other institutions and are accountable for the safe shipping and receiving of items. They develop and maintain collection management standards inline with current industry technology. They are accountable for the safe keeping of artifacts while establishing maximum access to collections by the public.

They are employed in archives, in the public and para-public sectors and in private organizations, museums and galleries.

Skills

  • An interest in history
  • Strong organizational and planning skills essential
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Eagerness to remain up-to-date regarding new products, equipment and technologies
  • Strong analytical problem-solving skills

About the Sector

People coming together to create and produce live music are called musicians. The recording, publishing and selling of that music encompasses the Sound sector.


About the HeritageCategory

Preserving Our Identity
Heritage refers to the inheritance of the past; monuments, buildings, land, artifacts, language, traditions, folklore, and social and economic practices. A career in cultural heritage means preserving, reviving, and bringing past events and traditions to the present. Career options are far reaching – tourism, design, storytelling, and education are some of the areas in which our cultural heritage thrives. The workforce includes, educators, archivists, restorers and preservationists, architects and curators. A career in cultural heritage means preserving our history and identity.

Events, Traditions, Methods
A career in heritage preservation comes with great responsibility – to accurately communicate information about past events, to share traditions from times long ago, to preserve and pass along methods of building, design and construction. Working in this field requires specific attention to detail and accuracy. The ability to investigate, research, and compile complex findings.

Community Service
Heritage workers play a great role with the community, their work is displayed in public places such as, historic buildings on streets, restored artifacts in galleries and museums, or documents in archival institutions like libraries. They plan, organize, and analyze their findings in order to clearly communicate intricate ideas to many people. A heritage worker interacts with people of all ages, acting as a resource or assisting others with their own research. They are ambassadors of customer service.

People – Connections
Heritage workers love history and enjoy connecting the past with the present through language and art. Above and beyond all of the duties, expectations, and responsibilities that come with being a part of the heritage workforce, is a desire to preserve and protect their identity and their community’s identity.

Relevant Skills

Job Related Skills

  • admin duties
  • coordination and organizational skills
  • interest in music, theatre, film
  • investigative skills
  • loves history
  • multi task
  • problem solving
  • project coordination
  • understanding of all kinds of media
  • work with databases

Sector Related Skills

    Category Related Skills

      Required Education

      A Collections Manager requires a degree or diploma relevant to collections management and planning such as history, architectural history, or historic preservation.

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