The Curators' base of operations is a massive, spherical collection of exhibits known as the Grand Museum.
Curators are recogniseable by their distinctive outfits, reminiscent of marching band uniforms, decorated with awards indicating which exhibits the wearer is responsible for maintaining.
For the most part, Curators let their preservational instincts overcome any feelings toward specific groups, and refer to others as either Patrons (potential visitors to the Museum) or Exhibitors (those artists whose works are on display in the Museum).
However, they have distaste for many Mess inhabitants' casualness toward death and destruction, particularly if it's artless suffering, nihilism, oblivion, or meaningless destruction. Suffering through aspiration and achievement, and destruction in the course of effecting an artistic expression (say, to make raw materials for creative use), are exceptions, of course.
Curator ethics holds that anything that has a possibility (however tiny) of being salvaged, should be. This manifests itself as a refusal to damage an item or area (however trivial or dangerous).
Another Curator ethical view is that it is wrong to hurt another sentient being (however threatening) for any but the very most extreme of reasons; that one's right-to-destiny should be respected as long as it doesn't affect someone else's right-to-destiny. A serious Curator will try to prevent one being from hurting or killing another, but will not use deadly force to prevent it.