Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

regie des oeuvres

English translation:

collection manager

Added to glossary by Laura Robertson
Jan 18, 2007 20:47
17 yrs ago
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French term

regie des oeuvres

French to English Other Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
The term is used in a person's job title, "Responsable de la régie des oeuvres". It applies to a person working in a major French museum.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 collection manager
4 -1 collections curator
3 -1 collection registrar

Proposed translations

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collection manager

This may work too. Google this term with the additional terms "art" and "museum" and see if the jobs that come up fit what you're looking for.
Peer comment(s):

neutral David Vaughn : I would imagine "collections" with an s might be better. Gets more google too.
23 mins
More Google is always good :-) Thanks! (I think both work, depending on the extent of the duties)
agree Robin Salmon (X)
48 mins
Thanks!
agree Cervin : The Tate Gallery uses 'head of Collections but also refers to 'collection management' see http://www.tate.org.uk/about/workingattate/6135bs_head_of_co...
11 hrs
Thank you!
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12 mins

collection registrar

Could fit. The link might help you.
Peer comment(s):

disagree David Vaughn : Besides your job description not fitting the bill, "registrar" implies a clerical duty, while regie is much more hands-on function.
38 mins
I should have sent the link for the site instead of the page, which is only where I found the term. I didn't mean to suggest it was the correct job description.
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1 hr

collections curator

This seems to be a fairly standard term
Frances Morris - Permant collections curator, Tate Modern, London ...
Frances Morris - Permant collections curator, Tate Modern, London, England - Brief Article from ArtForum in Arts & Entertainment provided free by LookSmart ...
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_m0268/is_8_38/ai_61907719

The Curator is responsible for planning and carrying out the effective development of Yale's Latin American Collection, one of the major collections of its ...
www.library.yale.edu/latinamerica/curator.html

Special Collections Curator with archival and library background for local and regional studies, political papers in Leadership Collections, ...
www.archivists.org/employment/jobs/111606-5.asp
Peer comment(s):

disagree David Vaughn : Curator is not regie, but conservateur or commissaire
7 mins
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