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A One-Stop Guide to Museum Careers People who love art, are fascinated by archaeology, or are history buffs may have considered the idea of working in a museum. But experience as a museum visitor reveals only the public-facing side of the museum, and not its complex, dynamic internal structure. So You Want to Work in A Museum? helps to demystify museums as institutions and to prepare prospective museum staff to explore the field further. After reading this book, readers will be able to: - Understand how non-profit museums are governed, funded, and staffed, and how they define and meet their missions. - Explore museum divisions and departments and specific roles within them—not just prominent roles like directors and curators, but also less visible ones like registrars, preparators, development officers, conservators, and more. - Consider the contemporary function of museums, and how yesterday's cabinets of curiosity have evolved into today's community catalysts. Examine how the contemporary function of museums has affected the types of positions available and the work museum staff do on a daily basis. - Look at the skills required for different types of positions, and how readers a

Who reads So You Want to Work in a Museum? (American Alliance of Museums)?

Author

Tara Reddy Young; American Alliance of Museums

Publisher

American Alliance Of Museums

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781538169407

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Business, Computer Science, Fiction