Hi Beth,

There are also a lot of great resources for finding jobs listed in the book Museum Careers: A Practical Guide for Students and Novices, by N. Elizabeth Schlatter: http://www.lcoastpress.com/book.php?id=152

Best of luck --
Stefania

On 6/11/2010 2:30 PM, Chad Landsman wrote:

Beth,
There are numerous websites devoted to openings/postings in the museum field:
Museum Employment Resource Center <http://www.museum-employment.com/>
AAM Career Search <http://www.aam-us.org/aviso/index.cfm>
Museumprofessionals.org <http://www.museumprofessionals.org/forum/search.php?searchid=110585>
Museum Market <http://www.museummarket.com/Jobs.htm>

Algonquin College <http://www.algonquincollege.com/museum/jobres/jobs.html> also has a fairly extensive list of links for hunting down museum job openings.  And, as always, you can check specific museums' web sites and see what positions they have available; at least many larger museums have some sort of job announcements page.
Good Luck
chad



Monta Lee Dakin wrote:

Beth:
If you want to move out west where the weather and scenery are the best, then check MPMA's Online Jobbank.  It is updated regularly with jobs from all 10 of MPMA's states (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming).
 
Click here: MPMA :: The Mountain-Plains Museums Association :: Job Announcements <http://www.mpma.net/jobs.php>
 
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MPMA: A Ten-state museum network*
Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming*


Mark your calendar:*
2010 Conference: September 13-17 Rapid City*

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7110 West David Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80128-5404
303-979-9358 www.mpma.net
 
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    My name Beth Orton and I recently graduated from Penn State
    Harrisburg with my M.A. in American Studies emphasis in Museum work.
    Currently I work part time as a tour guide at the Hershey Story
    Museum on Chocolate Ave (Hershey, PA). I am looking for something
    more permanent and full time in the museum field. I have
    experience in local history and research and archival work. I am
    looking for a job in the D.C. area right now but in anywhere in
    the U.S. would be Ok.
    Does anyone have any ideas of where to apply and who I can talk to?

    Thanks
    Beth Orton
    Hummelstown, PA
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