We have a wonderful high school student who is finishing her internship
with us this week.  Unfortunately, the biggest thing she has learned is
apparently that a small museum like ours is not what she is interested
in-not enough daily interaction with the public.  She is still
interested in going into a museum-related field, and I would like to
give her some advice, but I don't have a background in museums-mine is
in research and teaching.  The closest career recommendations I could
come up with for her would be to go into either library science or the
antiques business.  With the strengths and weaknesses listed below,
could some of you museum professionals suggest museum-related careers
she might look into?

 

Strengths:  very bright, good at integrating diverse facts with things
she already knows; articulate; a good writer; interested in literature
and history; dependable; a helpful and reliable assistant during
educational programs; likes to talk to people one-on-one; prefers a job
where she has a lot of interaction with people; eyes light up when she
is working with some artifacts.

 

Areas she has not shown strength or interest in:  quiet, not interested
in teaching or speaking to groups; when asked to research an artifact
and design a small exhibit explaining it, she conducted the research but
found the exhibit design difficult and barely met the extended deadline;
hand-eye coordination is only average, so I would not recommend that she
specialize in cleaning or restoring artifacts; states that mathematics
is not her strong point.

 

Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

 

Kim Elmore

Outreach Coordinator

Gwinnett History Museum 

455 S. Perry Street

Lawrenceville, GA 30045


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