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Museum Curators in India manage the intellectual and physical stewardship of collections at national institutions — National Museum Delhi, CSMVS Mumbai, Indian Museum Kolkata, Bihar Museum Patna, NGMA, KNMA, and ASI Site Museums — as well as at private and trust-run properties like Mehrangarh Museum Trust. The work combines collection management (accession, deaccession, cataloging using Spectrum and MuseumPlus, writing condition reports to RH/light-level standards), conservation coordination across textiles, metals, manuscripts, and paper objects, exhibition concept development including gallery scripts and interpretive panels, and legal compliance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act 1958 and ICOM Code of Ethics. Curators at state and central government institutions are often recruited through UPSC or state PSC; independent hires happen through museum trusts and private galleries. The NMI (National Museum Institute, New Delhi) MA in Museology is the canonical Indian qualification, alongside Calcutta University's Museology program. Senior curators manage anti-trafficking coordination with Customs and Interpol's Works of Art unit to combat illicit antiquities circulation.