Museum Careers: A Practical Guide for Students and Novices

by N. Elizabeth Schlatter

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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Museums

184 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2008

Reviews

[lys · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book. Schlatter is to the point in describing the challenges involving the industry and how to become engaged in each of the jobs. It is dense and this reader plans to look through it a second time.
It is interesting (though perhaps expected) that the best-paid jobs in museums are reserved for the fundraisers. Perhaps the best way into the museum is not academia, but business.