<p>sauron, Courtauld's is one of the best in Europe. Also a wonderful museum with a priceless collection.</p>
<p>Curatorship tends to mean more a academic/intellectual background. Museum management can come from be just about anything. Directors of top museums used to be PhD's but now they have MBA's, architecture degrees, law degrees -- the position's become less academic and more administrative and fund raising.</p>
<p>You don't need to speak German, just be able to read it enough to decipher art history texts. There are classes designed for this purpose. Most likely you could substitute Italian for Italian art, Latin for Roman, etc. It's really up to the admitting school to make exceptions.</p>