Vocational Programs for Museum Technicians and Conservators Career

The role of Museum Technicians and Conservators is to restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $54,890 and $26 per hour. 3 vocational programs could be taken for the Museum Technicians and Conservators career. Based on BLS data, a total of 12,670 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Museum Technicians and Conservators Career

The following 3 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Museum Technicians and Conservators.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2025 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Museum Technicians and Conservators
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Museology/Museum Studies	16	$40,161	-	-	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	9	$40,922	-	-	-
Public/Applied History	14	$29,997	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Museum Technicians and Conservators Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Museum Technicians and Conservators.

Related Occupations toMuseum Technicians and Conservators
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Landscape Architects	20,370	$83,990	$40
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	63,560	$63,770	$31
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	13,780	$58,780	$28
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	13,220	$67,360	$32
Historians	3,040	$76,120	$37
Chemical Technicians	55,880	$60,920	$29
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	8,860	$64,590	$31
Forest and Conservation Technicians	28,740	$54,260	$26
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	8,350	$114,900	$0
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	111K	$68,300	$33
Archivists	7,150	$65,700	$32
Curators	12,510	$70,870	$34
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	134K	$68,570	$33
Craft Artists	5,830	$43,610	$21
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators	10,910	$71,420	$34
Set and Exhibit Designers	10,090	$67,170	$32
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	126K	$58,920	$28
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	216K	$52,110	$25
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	590K	$79,020	$38
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	10,700	$44,050	$21

Schools offering vocational programs for Museum Technicians and Conservators

The following 51 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Museum Technicians and Conservators. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.