Museum Studies - Bachelors

Those who graduate from a museum school, with a museum studies degree, have a variety of options for employment.  The most common entry-positions museum school graduates obtain, include:  an archivist, instructor, museum technician, or curator.  Curators design the presentation of exhibits, build exhibits and restore objects.  Leadership ability and business skills are essential for museum directors, as marketing skills are essential in developing museum programs, raising attendance, and fundraising.

Employment as a curator, an archivist, or conservator, usually requires graduate museum education, from an accredited museum school, and related work experience.  Museum technicians often start work with a bachelor's museum or history degree.  As museum school students finish their formal museum education in college or graduate school, many archivists and curators work in archives or museums to gain "hands-on" experience.
 
A graduate museum degree or library science with courses in archival science is preferred.  A typical museum school offers courses or practical training in archival techniques as part of their museum programs.  Within the museum school sector, schools are now offering master's degrees in museology. 

For employment as a curator, most museums require a master's degree, from a museum college, in an appropriate discipline of the museum's specialty-art, history, or archaeology.  Because curators, particularly those in small museums, may have administrative and managerial responsibilities, courses in business administration, public relations, marketing, and fundraising also are recommended. For some positions, an internship of full-time museum work supplemented by museum programs from a museum institute is required.