A Career as a Museum CuratorThe High Museum of Art’s 28 acquisition four major French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works was described by the museum’s curator of European Art in the Atlanta Business Journal as “one of the most important in the South East.”A museum’s reputation and popularity often rises and falls on its acquisitions.Especially in the case of smaller collections, the acquisition of new works and the preservation of a strong collection are necessary to draw in an audience.Acquisition, along with a laundry list of other duties, is usually the responsibility of the museum curator.Curators work for museums, archives, galleries, government agencies, corporations, colleges, and even zoos.Curators are responsible for the arrangement, cataloguing, storage, and exhibitions o