I would beg to differ. I hope that no museum will hire you without some
experience, based strictly on your connections. I won't argue that knowing
people helps - but you need experience to back it up. And one of the best
ways to meet museum people is to volunteer for them, or alongside them.

Erica S. Maniez
Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
425/392-3500
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www.issaquahhistory.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Lori Allen
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 9:53 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Questions
>
>
>    "Show of hands... how many of
> you got a job through volunteer work?"
>
>   - 8 years of free labor and never got hired and I wouldn't be
> employed now
> except for connections made through my graduate advisor.  It isn't
> volunteering, or experience, it is who you know.
>
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