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Museum Registrar
A Registrar or Collection Manager is a museum or cultural heritage professional responsible for maintenance and care of museum collections. Registrars are part of a museum's collections department. Their jobs are multifaceted.

What does a registrar do?

Their responsibilities include but are not limited to :
 * Information Management
 * Registrars and collections managers utilize collections management systems (CMS), digital databases utilized for cataloging and organization, and paper files to organize and maintain data and metadata surrounding a collection.
 * Rights and Reproductions
 * Rights and reproductions includes granting access and use of a collection, issues include intelectual property, trademarks and copyright.
 * Temporary and Permanent Loans
 * Registrars organize and develop loan agreements for incoming and outgoing loans, specifying details and making a contract surrounding the temporary or permanent loan of an accessioned object in a collection.
 * Collection Inventory
 * Collection Documentation and Maintenance
 * Collections documentation and maintenance includes activities such as tracking the movement of objects in a collection, and ensuring that they are properly stored and cared for.
 * Packing and Shipping


 * Insurance
 * 1) Registrars are responisble for maintaining insurance to protect the museum's collection in case of probable loss.
 * Exhibitions


 * Preventive Conservation involves determining factors that may damage cultural heritage, and taking steps to prevent damage from occuring. Common preventive measures against threats to museum collections by Registrars include:
 * Integrated Pest Management
 * Environmental Monitoring
 * Safe and Secure Storage
 * Lighting
 * Proper Care and Handling
 * Security