† curatingn.1
Obsolete.
The action of being a curate; the performance of the duties of a curate.With quot. 1822, cf. stipendiary curate n.
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curating1822
1822 Cobbett's Weekly Reg. 16 Mar. 667/1 Non-residence, or stipendiary curating.
1907 H. Begbie Vigil ii. 23 I am to commence vicar. No curating.
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curatingn.2
/kjʊəˈreɪtɪŋ/, /kjɔːˈreɪtɪŋ/, /kjᵿˈreɪtɪŋ/, /ˈkjʊəreɪtɪŋ/, /ˈkjɔːreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkjʊˌreɪdɪŋ/, /kjʊˈreɪdɪŋ/ 1. The action or work of looking after and preserving the exhibits in a collection, as in a museum; the supervision of a museum, gallery, public garden, etc., by a keeper or custodian; = curation n. 3a.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > keeping or custody > care or custody of museum or library
curating1883
curation1968
1883 Practical Naturalist May 49/1 Hints for Museum Curators... I have written this series of papers on Curating with the hope that they will inspire into practical naturalists the need of private as well as public museums.
1893 Rep. Superintendent 1892–3 3 in Indian Mus.: Ann. Rep. 1892–3 In addition to the curating of the collections, the work done in the Entomological Section during the year has been almost entirely connected with Economic Entomology.
1906 W. E. Hoyle in Museums Jrnl. July 6 I think it will be generally admitted that the business (or may I say ‘profession’) of museum ‘curating’ is one which demands..a special technical training.
1972 J. I. M. Stewart Palace of Art xxv. 230 You've been doing the curating, after all.
2015 Targeted News Service (Nexis) 5 Jan. Beginning in 1986, she was deeply involved in the processing, cataloging and curating of artifacts from the DeBraak shipwreck.
2. The action of selecting the items for an exhibition or festival programme, typically using professional knowledge or expertise; the careful selection and organization of a collection of items, esp. for exhibition, display, or publication; = curation n. 3b.
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1985 N.Y. Times 1 Dec. xi. (New Jersey Weekly section) 38/4 ‘Interplay’ suffers from a too-shallow job of curating: more important pieces could have been found to heighten the notion of interplay.
2002 Independent (Nexis) 19 June 19 Even before it started, David Bowie's curating of the 10th Meltdown festival was getting a bad press.
2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 9 Jan. (Style section) 8 Colour blocking..can be achieved with some simple curating of your existing wardrobe.
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