How do they match: Historians

  • Reference Data Expert

  • Gather historical data from sources such as archives, court records, diaries, news files, and photographs, as well as from books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
  • Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.
  • Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as via storage media or the Internet.
  • Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.

  • Collect archival data.