How to Get a Museum Job

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  • ISBN 9781538121092
  • Weight: 399g
  • Dimensions: 160 x 232mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Apr 2019
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Finding a museum job is a highly competitive endeavor today. The unprecedented international growth of museums combined with a similar growth in programs to train staff for these unique institutions has vastly increased the number of qualified applicants for positions of all sorts. Finding work in museums now requires a broad understanding of how employees are sought and hired. This is especially true for those in the early stages of their careers.

How to Get a Museum Job provides a detailed look at hiring in the museum job market today. It offers practical inside advice by a museum professional with nearly fifty years in the museum field - as both a seeker and provider of employment. Designed for those just entering or new to the museum field, those seeking to switch jobs or move up the ladder will also find valuable tips.

Steven Miller has been working in the museum field nearly fifty years. During that time, he has served as a trustee, director, curator, consultant, writer, educator, and lecturer as well as media commentator on various topics relating to museum philosophy and operations. He is affiliated with the Museum Accreditation Program of the American Alliance of Museums. For sixteen years he was an adjunct professor, teaching several courses, with the Seton Hall University MA Program in Museum Professions. He is the author of Deaccessioning Today: Theory and Practice (2018). He holds a BA in sculpture from Bard College and an International Graduate Certificate from ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Rome, Italy).

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