Find your museum dream job!

What kinds of jobs are available in museums? How do

museums work? What opportunities are there in

museum research and collection, preserving and cataloging,

exhibiting and interpreting, publicity,

administration, event planning, catering, support?

Creative Careers in Museums answers all these questions and many more,

with full information on how everyone can pinpoint and showcase their existing

skills—then turn those skills into a dream job at a museum or other cultural

institution. Interviews with people who have made career transitions

into the field are packed with practical and inspiring ideas, and there's even

information on starting new museums. Advice on targeting potential employers,

putting together a resume, interviewing, and landing the job, plus an

extensive resource list, make this the perfect starting point for anyone who

wants to work in a museum.

• Explores the wide variety of jobs available

in museums

• Targeting, applying, interviewing, landing

the job

• Practical, inspiring advice for students and

anyone looking for a career change