Museum Careers and Training: A Professional Guide

By Victor J. Danilov

Danilov presents a comprehensive guide to museum careers and training programs in the United States and 38 other countries around the world. More than 700 courses, undergraduate and graduate programs, internships and fellowships, and mid-career training programs are described. He discusses the nature and requirements of many different types of museum positions, including director, curator, educator, exhibit designer, registrar, conservator, and careers in business affairs, fundraising, public relations, marketing, membership, physical plant, security, and other aspects of museum operations. The primary purposes of the volume are to stimulate thinking about museum careers and training, to describe the various museum positions and training programs available, and to provide guidance to those considering or pursuing formal or informal training opportunities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031328105X
• ISBN13: 9780313281051
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Here is a great guide for the uninformed!

This is THE reference guide for those interested in pursuing a career in the museum field. I cannot describe how informative this book is. If you are like one of many, desiring that position, you hear about, but don't know how to pursue it, look here first and you'll find just about everything you need to know on how to get started. From listing job descriptions and salary tables, to college program and internship program listings, this book gives all sorts of information that would normally be in 30 different books, but now can be found in just one. Can't find it, look here first, you won't be disappointed.