>I hope someone can offer me advice!  I earned a BA in art history in 1992.
>I have since taken jobs as unrelated as retail, medical office
>administration, sales, and even massage therapy.  I have always wanted to
>pursue a museum career but I've never taken the opportunity to work on a
>volunteer/internship basis because of financial hardships.  I spend a good
>deal of my free time reading about museums and this field.  I am
>particularly interested in a registrarial postion. I realize the road will
>be a long one.  Is this something I should pursue considering I earned my
>first degree so many years ago?  If I am willing to do volunteer work, etc.
>and eventually go back to earn a MA does this pursuit seem feasible?
>
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May 25, 2001

Dear Harolyn,

If working in a museum is something you really, really want to do,
then you should make every effort to do it.  Otherwise you will go
through life saying, "what if...".

-Jim

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