On April 8, the Career Center hosted a Career Trek to assist students interested in administrative opportunities in various Museums. We hope the student experience was both educational and invigorating, pushing students to pursue careers better suited to their unique interests and talents.
Below are a number of resources, provided by the panelists and the Career Center to help students not only explore those careers, but connect with those opportunities. As always, student networks are crucial to managing career goals, acquiring internships, and pursuing graduate school:
Internship program information:
Regional/local museum/gallery information (contact / see websites for internship opportunities):
- The Carnegie (Covington, KY)
- Cincinnati Art Museum
- Cincinnati Museum Center
- Contemporary Arts Center
- Fitton Center for Creative Arts
- Manifest Gallery
- Oxford Community Arts Center (OCAC)
- Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum
- Taft Museum of Art
- Wavepool
- Butler County Historical Society
- Dayton Art Institute
- Oxford Museum Association
- Smith History Library, Oxford
Organizations:
- #ThrivingArtists Network
- American Alliance of Museums (AAM)
- American Institute for Conservation (AIC)
- Artswave
- Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG)
- Ohio Museums Association (OMA)
- Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
- International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA)
- Association of Midwest Museums (AMM)
- State Historic Preservation Office, Ohio History Connection
Conferences/ Annual Meetings:
- American Alliance of Museums
- Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
- Ohio Museums Association
- College Art Association
- Ohio Local History Alliance (Annual Meeting and Workshops)
Museum Studies/Conservation/ Information and Library Science Graduate Programs (selected):
- AAM Search: http://ww2.aam-us.org/resources/careers/museum-studies-programs
- AIC Search: https://www.culturalheritage.org/resources/career
- Kent State University, Kent, OH: https://www.kent.edu/iSchool/cultural-heritage-informatics
- New York University (NYU): Program in Museum Studies: https://as.nyu.edu/museumstudies.html
- Tufts University, Medford, MA: https://museumstudies.tufts.edu/