Marta Perůtková - Depository Administrator

Martha, please introduce yourself briefly.

I have been working at the museum since 2002, when I started as a depository manager and documenter at the Archdiocesan Museum in Olomouc. In 2013, I moved to the position of custodian of the depository of works on paper and documenter at the MUO, and since then I have been working as the head of the collections and documentation department.

My mother is an artist, my father is an art historian-museum-monumentalist, my sister is a restorer. The only thing missing is an archivist, which I wanted to be since I was a child. Eventually, I became a museologist.

What is your typical working day like?

During the digitization of the Norwegian Collections, about half of the day is spent preparing and retrieving artworks from the depository for documentation, restoration and scanning. What has been released must also be cleaned up. An inventory of the collection is continuously being carried out in the depositories. And in the office comes the least fun part - the administration associated with managing the museum's collection.

What do you enjoy most about your job?

The direct contact with the artworks and the minimal contact with the people in the museum depositories.

What skills do you consider essential for your position?

Rather than specific knowledge, I consider experience gained in museum practice to be the most important.

Do you have a favourite memory related to your work?

The preparations for the opening of the Archdiocesan Museum were a nice time, because I was able to participate in the creation of a new museum institution.

What is your favourite work of art?

Easy Rider in the first third of my life, Death in Venice in the second, Sátántangó in the third pard of my life.