Synonyms of curators

curators

noun

plural of curator

as in guardians

a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc.

a curator seeking an addition to the collection

Related Words

• guardians
• janitors
• custodians
• keepers
• caretakers
• stewards
• wardens
• cocurators
• watchmen
• sextons

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Recent Examples of curators

Related Articles The awards were juried this year by five of the US’s top curators, as well as two ARTnews editors. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Above all, though, the commission’s recommendations faced resistance among the museum’s curators to the sort of great-man-of-history approach that Brooks and others were hankering for. — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026

The report’s authors, Solana Chehtman and Sharon Mizota, surveyed more than 150 artists, family members, archivists, curators, and legacy professionals to create the eighty-page document. — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Sep. 2026

Eventually, the co-curators wondered if one of them, specifically the artist one of them, should make a work for the show. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026

Selection panels should include makers, architects, fabricators, conservators, historians, and citizens — not only curators. — Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026

Right around then, two young curators from New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Matilda McQuaid and Cara McCarty, began asking Sudō for help in researching Japanese fabric-making traditions. — Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026

Certain small venues that nurture the scene, like Lodge Room and Zebulon, are the curators. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

This year, in addition to local artist residencies, the Art in Public Places initiative is bringing in curators, offering artists the chance to fully experience the business side of the industry. — Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026