As between any two cultures, the roles attached to statuses can vary. I am a Curator of Collections. I handle accessions and deaccessions, all the legal matters concerning our collections (such as NAGPRA), research the collection, write grants etc., while our Collectiosn Manager manages the database, supervises volkunteers, hourly/workstudy/practicum students, tries to get us to switch to MAC, etc. Thomas Kavanagh Curator of Collections Mathers Museum Indiana University