diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/displaycase.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/displaycase.dm
index c7ac587725..3fd6117332 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/displaycase.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/displaycase.dm
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 	try
 		getFlatIcon(A,defdir=4)
 	catch
-		return 0
+		return FALSE
 	return TRUE
 
 /obj/structure/displaycase/proc/get_flat_icon_directional(atom/A)
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@
 	var/trophy_message = ""
 	var/placer_key = ""
 	var/added_roundstart = TRUE
+	var/is_locked = TRUE
+
 	alert = TRUE
 	integrity_failure = 0
 
@@ -277,8 +279,16 @@
 	if(!user.Adjacent(src)) //no TK museology
 		return
 
-	if(!(user.mind && user.mind.assigned_role == "Curator"))
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>You're not sure how to work this. Maybe you should ask the curator for help.</span>")
+	if(user.is_holding_item_of_type(/obj/item/key/displaycase))
+		if(added_roundstart)
+			is_locked = !is_locked
+			to_chat(user, "You [!is_locked ? "un" : ""]lock the case.")
+		else
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>The lock is stuck shut!</span>")
+		return
+
+	if(is_locked)
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>The case is shut tight with an old fashioned physical lock. Maybe you should ask the curator for the key?</span>")
 		return
 
 	if(!added_roundstart)
@@ -318,6 +328,7 @@
 				to_chat(user, "You are too far to set the plaque's text.")
 
 		SSpersistence.SaveTrophy(src)
+		return TRUE
 
 	else
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>\The [W] is stuck to your hand, you can't put it in the [src.name]!</span>")
@@ -333,6 +344,10 @@
 		else
 			..()
 
+/obj/item/key/displaycase
+	name = "display case key"
+	desc = "The key to the curator's display cases."
+
 /obj/item/showpiece_dummy
 	name = "Cheap replica"
 
diff --git a/code/modules/jobs/job_types/civilian.dm b/code/modules/jobs/job_types/civilian.dm
index 45b8562e8c..467f0194d2 100644
--- a/code/modules/jobs/job_types/civilian.dm
+++ b/code/modules/jobs/job_types/civilian.dm
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ Mime
 		H.mind.miming = 1
 
 /*
-Curator
+Curator
 */
-/datum/job/curator
-	title = "Curator"
-	flag = CURATOR
+/datum/job/curator
+	title = "Curator"
+	flag = CURATOR
 	department_head = list("Head of Personnel")
 	department_flag = CIVILIAN
 	faction = "Station"
@@ -125,34 +125,35 @@ Curator
 	supervisors = "the head of personnel"
 	selection_color = "#dddddd"
 
-	outfit = /datum/outfit/job/curator
+	outfit = /datum/outfit/job/curator
 
 	access = list(GLOB.access_library)
 	minimal_access = list(GLOB.access_library)
 
-/datum/outfit/job/curator
-	name = "Curator"
-	jobtype = /datum/job/curator
+/datum/outfit/job/curator
+	name = "Curator"
+	jobtype = /datum/job/curator
 
-	belt = /obj/item/device/pda/curator
-	uniform = /obj/item/clothing/under/rank/curator
-	l_hand = /obj/item/weapon/storage/bag/books
-	r_pocket = /obj/item/weapon/barcodescanner
+	belt = /obj/item/device/pda/curator
+	uniform = /obj/item/clothing/under/rank/curator
+	l_hand = /obj/item/weapon/storage/bag/books
+	r_pocket = /obj/item/key/displaycase
 	l_pocket = /obj/item/device/laser_pointer
 	backpack_contents = list(
-		/obj/item/weapon/melee/curator_whip = 1,
-		/obj/item/soapstone = 1
+		/obj/item/weapon/melee/curator_whip = 1,
+		/obj/item/soapstone = 1,
+		/obj/item/weapon/barcodescanner = 1
 	)
 
-
-/datum/outfit/job/curator/post_equip(mob/living/carbon/human/H, visualsOnly = FALSE)
-	..()
-
-	if(visualsOnly)
-		return
-
-	H.grant_all_languages(omnitongue=TRUE)
-
+
+/datum/outfit/job/curator/post_equip(mob/living/carbon/human/H, visualsOnly = FALSE)
+	..()
+
+	if(visualsOnly)
+		return
+
+	H.grant_all_languages(omnitongue=TRUE)
+
 /*
 Lawyer
 */