Creative Careers In Museums

What kinds of jobs are available in museums? How do museums work? What opportunities are there in museum research and collection, preserving and cataloging, exhibiting and interpreting, publicity, administration, event planning, catering, support? Creative Careers in Museums answers all these questions and many more, with full information on how everyone can pinpoint and showcase their existing skills--then turn those skills into a dream job at a museum or other cultural institution. Interviews with people who have made career transitions into the field are packed with practical and inspiring ideas, and there’s even information on starting new museums. Advice on targeting potential employers, putting together a resume, interviewing, and landing the job, plus an extensive resource list, make this the perfect starting point for anyone who wants to work in a museum.

Surveying over thirty different positions in the museum profession, this is the essential guide for anyone considering entering the field, or a career change within it. From exhibition designer to shop manager, this comprehensive survey views the latest trends in museum work and the broad-ranging technological advances that have been made. For any professional in the field, this is a crucially useful book for how to prepare, look for and find jobs in the museum profession.

This concise volume is the place to start for anyone considering a career in museums. Museum professional and author N. Elizabeth Schlatter outlines the nature of the profession as a whole, the rewards and challenges of museum work, types of museums, and jobs within museums, including salary ranges. She discusses options for education and training, and offers suggestions on how to secure a job and move up the career ladder. Interviews with museum professionals from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds demonstrate different career paths and offer unique and helpful advice. For novices in the field, students in museum studies programs, or anyone considering museums as a career choice, Schlatter’s book is an essential starting point.

For prospective undergraduate students of Art History, or professionals looking to develop an existing art history career or move into the field, Careers in Art History groups jobs by theme to show the range of careers available within certain sectors and how they interconnect. This edition has also included more potential careers, including less obvious roles such as advertising, heritage tourism and museum retail, and reflected the changing job market with an extended entry on freelance work. This edition also contains new sections with practical information on marketing yourself, writing CVs and finding funding, as well as updated 'further information' sections, accompanying each entry.

Getting your dream job in the arts is no mean feat these days. In this book, the author explores the world of museums and galleries, focusing on contemporary issues and current options for employment in this field. This down-to-earth guide will help you work out what kind of job you would be best suited to, and how to prepare for a career in your chosen field. Featuring many case studies and real life examples, this book takes a practical approach to finding the right job for you. It includes advice on creating an eye-catching CV, appling for an advertised post, finding work experience, the interview itself, and working in museums and galleries abroad.

This book discusses some of the benefits of working in museums; explains how museums differ according to size, type, and organizational structure; and goes through dozens of museum positions in detail. It is designed to introduce college students, graduate students, and/or young professionals to the museum field.

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IF YOU LIKE TO SPEND YOUR DAYS AT the museum, there is a wide variety of interesting jobs that make working at these repositories of historical and significant artifacts, artwork, and data, a fascinating career choice. People are mesmerized by museums and the behind-the-scenes work that makes these venues time capsules for the treasures of past generations. Museums are where history comes alive, visitors venture into a bygone era, and they have a chance to see the relics they have only read about in books. Rare art, noteworthy documents that hold a prominent place in history, tools used in the stone age, costumes worn in celebrated movies, weapons and uniforms from the American Revolutionary War, the laboratory instruments used to make an important scientific discovery, and so much more can be found in the thousands of museums across the United States. Not all museums dwell on the past. Some are exhibit centers for the trends of today - recently created works of art, the ever-changing face of the digital world, and the emerging cultures that surround modern-day living. There is hardly a subject that does not take center stage at a museum somewhere in the United States or another part of the world. Used to educate, inspire, enlighten, and inform, museums tell a story, and the people who work there are responsible for making that story accessible, engaging, captivating, and exciting. A well-crafted museum is the work of a carefully chosen team. Each member of the team is highly trained in an area of archival expertise that gives the museum an air of individuality that makes it stand out as a place to visit for a one-of-a-kind experience. From the front entrance to the main exhibit hall to the gift shop, that special ambiance has to be there every step of the way in a museum. It can be quite a challenge for a museum director, curator, exhibit designer, archivist, conservator, registrar, collections manager, researcher, and the support staff working with them to keep exhibits fresh and relevant. These dedicated employees make the museum a hub of community activity, a place where something remarkable is always going on, an attraction that brings in visitors from far and wide, and has those living close by coming back time and again to see new exhibits or view the latest addition to an already vibrant collection. This is a job where you can leave your mark, a career where discovery is encouraged. It provides you with a chance to go out and track down an artifact that will enhance the museum's collection and get people talking about a rare find, another piece of the puzzle that will unlock a mystery hidden somewhere in the past. Museums are where people go to satisfy their curiosity because seeing is believing. They want to judge a piece of art for themselves, peruse an archaeological find, and - in those museums that allow it - touch an object that changed history. Those who visit a museum are seeking an unforgettable journey. Just imagine a career where you can help make that happen.