Hi Sienna and Everyone,

A quick search of the Museum-L archives at
http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/museum-l.html shows that while most
people agree that experience is what really matters, you will be hard
pressed to find a curatorial position without a Ph.D.

Maybe you should look at CAA Careers, or other such resource to see the
announcements for positions you really covet: what do they require?

It's my impression that a BA these days is like a high school degree was
40 years ago: it's the basic requirement.  That's not a comment on the
quality of people's BA or BS degrees at all by the way!  Most position
postings I have read lately require a Masters at the least, and for high
level curatorial positions, a Ph.D. in a relevant field is required.

Best of luck, and use the library,
Cate (not a Ph.D. so I probably shouldn't be answering this!)

Sienna Brown wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This may have been discussed into the ground so I apologize if you are all
> sick of this question, I'm new to the list. I am a recent grad with a BA in
> Art History. I currently have a good museum job. Despite my good job now I
> know I need to go to grad school but I don't know if its better to get my MA
> or my Ph.D. My ultimate goal is to be a curator and my interests are in
> modern and contemporary (mostly contemporary) art and print making. Do any
> of you have any ideas at to whether an MA or a PhD is better for my career.
>
> Thanks,
> Sienna Brown
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