Prepare specimens, such as fossils, skeletal parts, lace, and textiles, for museum collection and exhibits. May restore documents or install, arrange, and exhibit materials.

Other names for Museum Technicians and Conservators: Armorer Technician, Art Conservator, Art Objects Repairer, Art Preparator, Artifacts Conservator, Ceramic Restorer, Collections Manager, Collections Specialist, Conservation Technician, Conservator, Curator of Collections, Curatorial Assistant, Director of Exhibits, Document Restorer, Exhibit Technician, Exhibition Designer, Exhibits Coordinator, Fine Arts Packer, Head of Conservation, Lace and Textiles Restorer, Museum Registrar, Museum Technician, Objects Conservator, Paintings Conservator, Paper and Prints Restorer, Paper Conservator, Preparator, Research Assistant, Restoration Technician, Textile Conservator, Transportation Equipment Maintenance Worker,

• Install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts' safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set-up.
• Coordinate exhibit installations, assisting with design, constructing displays, dioramas, display cases, and models, and ensuring the availability of necessary materials.
• Determine whether objects need repair and choose the safest and most effective method of repair.
• Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
• Prepare artifacts for storage and shipping.
• Supervise and work with volunteers.
• Present public programs and tours.
• Specialize in particular materials or types of object, such as documents and books, paintings, decorative arts, textiles, metals, or architectural materials.
• Recommend preservation procedures, such as control of temperature and humidity, to curatorial and building staff.
• Classify and assign registration numbers to artifacts, and supervise inventory control.
• Direct and supervise curatorial and technical staff in the handling, mounting, care, and storage of art objects.
• Perform on-site field work which may involve interviewing people, inspecting and identifying artifacts, note-taking, viewing sites and collections, and repainting exhibition spaces.
• Repair, restore and reassemble artifacts, designing and fabricating missing or broken parts, to restore them to their original appearance and prevent deterioration.
• Prepare reports on the operation of conservation laboratories, documenting the condition of artifacts, treatment options, and the methods of preservation and repair used.
• Study object documentation or conduct standard chemical and physical tests to ascertain the object's age, composition, original appearance, need for treatment or restoration, and appropriate preservation method.
• Cut and weld metal sections in reconstruction or renovation of exterior structural sections and accessories of exhibits.
• Perform tests and examinations to establish storage and conservation requirements, policies, and procedures.
• Plan and conduct research to develop and improve methods of restoring and preserving specimens.
• Notify superior when restoration of artifacts requires outside experts.
• Estimate cost of restoration work.
• Preserve or direct preservation of objects, using plaster, resin, sealants, hardeners, and shellac.
• Build, repair, and install wooden steps, scaffolds, and walkways to gain access to or permit improved view of exhibited equipment.
• Construct skeletal mounts of fossils, replicas of archaeological artifacts, or duplicate specimens, using a variety of materials and hand tools.

• Compressed air gun
• Binocular light compound microscopes
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
• Wood chisels
• Hammers
• Cold chisels
• Power drills
• Dental probes
• Desktop computers
• Digital cameras
• Micrometers
• Scanners
• Paint brushes
• Handheld thermometer
• Hygrometers
• Infrared imagers
• Laboratory scalpels
• Notebook computers
• Mallets
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
• Personal computers
• Photocopiers
• Power saws
• Soldering irons or guns
• Stereo or dissecting light microscopes
• Temperature transmitters
• Ultraviolet UV lamps
• Vacuum cleaner supplies or accessories
• Vacuum cleaners
• Adjustable widemouth pliers
• Wire cutters
• Stripping tools
• X ray radiography examination equipment

Project management software

Office suite software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Word processing software

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Object oriented data base management software

Electronic mail software