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Ask a Curator Day

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We Answer Your Questions for Ask-a-Curator Day

By Annelisa Stephan | Published: September 19, 2012
Julian Brooks of the Getty Museum's Department of Drawings with an #askthecurator sign

Today is international Ask a Curator Day, when hundreds of museums around the world are calling for questions for curators on pretty much any subject under the sun. We’ve been collecting your questions here on The Iris, as well as… More»

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Ask Us! International Ask-a-Curator Day is Wednesday, September 19

By Maria L. Gilbert | Published: September 17, 2012
Gravestone with a Woman and Her Attendant / Greek

Update—Questions and answers here! We’re excited to join hundreds of art, history, and science museums internationally to participate in Ask-a-Curator Day, an online Q&A in which our friendly art experts—curators and conservators at the Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute—will… More»

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