curator

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A serpent might slither out during the winter if there’s a warm spell to get a bit of sunshine, said Greg Pauly, curator of herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Dr Matthew Knight, senior curator of prehistory at NMS, said it was unclear why the shield was buried in this way, but its unique design indicated it belonged to someone of "high status".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The 79-year-old president asked a curator if he could “have taken Elvis in a fight.”

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

"It's all of ours first day," said a curator, re-assembling the artwork as it writhed.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Paupardin ran to the person unfortunate enough to now be in charge—the curator of Egyptian antiquities, a man named Georges Bénédite.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day