Sounds like you are destined to become the director of a small historical
society museum! Either that or a public programs coordinator at a larger
museum... many museums are small enough that they'll want someone who wears
a lot of hats. I think it's just the larger museums that strictly organize
based on Collections versus Education.

Good luck!
Erica

Erica S. Maniez
Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Kathryn Merritt
> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 2:11 PM
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> Subject: career decision
>
>
> When you are choosing a museum career direction, is it better to
> forget the
> job title and think more in terms of interest and ability clusters?
> Hem...haw...okay, I suppose you want an example:
>
> For instance, I really do not fit the extrovert/educator or the introvert/
> curator mold. I am completely in the middle. I love my subject
> matter, hate
> large crowds, don't like too much isolation day after day, and enjoy
> researching, interpreting, but also love an occasional
> presentation. I love
> writing and would love to edit a museum journal one day in addition to
> running the show in a museum. I have this vague notion that the
> world needs
> to have an out-of-body experience in museums and be extremely
> informed as a
> result of our pioneering efforts to reach them. Grantwriting and some
> developing would be fun, but I wouldn't like to get stuck with nothing but
> business. I love developing new ideas for presentation and even education,
> but don't like dealing with hords of children.
>
> You're probably wondering why I asked this. In a moment of insanity, I
> started working on a second masters in museum studies. When is enough
> learnin' enough? I'm going to have some fun in my life when I
> finish and am
> deciding where to land.
>
> Okay, so what's the creative approach? BTW, my own background is
> in Spanish,
> history, journalism. Help, anyone? BTW, my other dream is to
> become Richard
> Bolles and help everyone figure out what color their parachute is.
>
> Kat
>
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