For many entry level museum jobs it is more hands-on experience and who you know that will get you the job rather than your specific degree. Having museum studies training often helps, but I have found that the classroom experience is very different from the real world. Look for a program that offers some internship/real-world experience along with classroom study. The University of Denver offers a museum studies certificate in conjunction with either an art history or anthropology masters program. They have a great working relationship with some of the local museums, especially the Denver Art Museum, and many of the DAMıs curators are adjunct professors. Having gone through both an undergraduate program in pre-conservation and a masterıs program in art history there, it was the contacts I made more than the degree (although Iım sure that helped too) that got me my first job, and led to others. Angela Steinmetz Registrar, Department of Anthropology The Field Museum [log in to unmask] On 8/11/06 12:41 PM, "Kristen Watts" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I highly recommend the graduate program at the University of South Carolina. > I received both my MA and MLIS from USC. Its one of the oldest programs in > the country and offers 3 concentrations: museum studies, historic > preservation, and archives. > > For more information, click on this link > http://www.cas.sc.edu/hist/pubhist/Info%20For%20Applicants/applicant%20index.h > tml > <http://www.cas.sc.edu/hist/pubhist/Info%20For%20Applicants/applicant%20index. > html> > Kristen S. Watts > Associate Registrar > The Mint Museums > Mint Museum of Craft + Design/ Mint Museum of Art > 704-337-2058 > [log in to unmask] > www.mintmuseum.org <http://www.mintmuseum.org/> > > 70 YEARS > The Mint Museums: 1936-2006 > Celebrating the Past, Envisioning the Future > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Hwee-Ching Sinclair > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 1:13 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Graduate School Recommendations? > > This is a very interesting discussion as I am contemplating grad school i= n > museum studies too. Thanks for all the great advice, especially about getting > a MA in a specific field and then a cert in Museum Studies. What = do you all > think about distance-learning programs then? Is a grad degree obtained through > distance-learning as "valuable" as one that is done loca= lly (US vs from > other countries) in the museum field? > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ > . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a > one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the > message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber > Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ > . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a > one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the > message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).