conservator

Conservators organise and valorise works of art, buildings, books and furniture. They work in a wide range of areas such as creating and implementing new collections of art, preserving heritage buildings by applying restoration techniques as well as foreseeing the conservation of literary works, films, and valuable objects.

The most in-demand skills for this role include conservation techniques, collection management software, art history, digitization, museum databases, create collection conservation plan. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives conservator a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.