How much does a Museum Director make in Durham, NC?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Museum Director in Durham, NC is $56,000. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $40,757 to a high of $74,825, with most professionals earning between $48,022 and $65,854.

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Museum Director Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Museum Director Salary $40,757 Durham,NC April 01, 2025
25th Percentile Museum Director Salary $48,022 Durham,NC April 01, 2025
50th Percentile Museum Director Salary $56,000 Durham,NC April 01, 2025
75th Percentile Museum Director Salary $65,854 Durham,NC April 01, 2025
90th Percentile Museum Director Salary $74,825 Durham,NC April 01, 2025
25% $48,022 10% $40,757 90% $74,825 75% $65,854 $56,000 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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What is a Museum Director ?

A curator (from Latin: cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution (e.g., gallery, museum, library, or archive) is a content specialist charged with an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material. A traditional curator's concern necessarily involves tangible objects of some sort — artwork, collectibles, historic items, or scientific collections. More recently, new kinds of curators have started to emerge: curators of digital data objects and biocurators....

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    Bachelor's Degree

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    5 + years experience
    Bachelor's Degree

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