As a Museum Director, you will need to master following:

• advise on art handling
• advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
• art collections
• art history
• art-historical values
• handle artworks
• maintain catalogue collection
• maintain museum records
• monitor museum environment
• museum databases
• plan art educational activities
• sell art

More generally, a museum director is also versed in:

• assist clients with special needs
• document museum collection
• ensure infrastructure accessibility
• implement risk management for works of art
• liaise with colleagues
• liaise with educational institutions
• liaise with managers
• liaise with shareholders
• manage budgets
• manage staff
• supervise art gallery staff

It also helps to know the following:

• advertise an art collection
• develop classification systems
• ensure safety conditions in storage rooms
• evaluate cultural venue visitor needs
• store goods
• analyse packaging requirements
• classical antiquity
• collaborate in the development of marketing strategies
• conduct scholarly research
• coordinate marketing plan actions
• history
• install artwork in gallery
• investigation research methods
• manage fundraising activities
• manage rented goods returns
• marketing management
• marketing principles
• paleontology
• perform fundraising activities
• public relations