I'm sorry, but I think we need to do something about museum
salaries....$15,000. for a FULL_TIME professional position?!  Who can
possibly live on anything lower than $25,000 and even that is a feat
worth commemorating, I don't care where you live.

This position being adversitsed is for the person in charge of the
museum's volunteers...I can bet that the volunteers are a major part of
the museum's image in it's community.  Isn't it important to have a
person who takes their job seriously and who is taken seriously by the
institution?  $15,000 doesn't sound like a serious look at the importance
of this position.

In general, most museum positions pay poorly--why?  and what can we do to
change this?

Lisa Falk
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On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, T.Patrick Brennan wrote:

> I have been requested to post the following position:
>
> ... salary $15,000. the Hampton Roads Naval Musuem is actively seeking to
> fill the position of Volunteer Coordinator.  The position is a full-time
> term appointment with the federal government.  For more information contact
> Becky Pouliot at (804)444-8971 ext 117.
>
>
>
> T.Patrick Brennan
> Director, Historic Houses
> The Chrysler Museum of Art
> off: (804) 664-6256
> fax: (804) 441-2329
> email: [log in to unmask]
> http://www.whro.org:80/cl/cmhh/intro.html
>