I come down on Bayla's side of this discussion too. To put the obverse case of saying that the people I admire in this profession, I admire irrespective of educational background: The truly foul people I've met in this profession (and they are remarkably few) are evenly spread among content mavens, administration mavens, and generalists. Inquiring minds, narrow and deep content people, bean counters, salespeople, whatever they are, the same standards apply: Are they open and honest, are they generous with their colleagues, are they convivial and hardworking, are they good collaborators and active learners? These are the criteria for a successful museum person, in my experience and estimation, and people with these qualities come from all sorts of educational backgrounds. On the other hand, to "break into" this business that I feel so priveleged already to be in, I needed an MBA. No one would have looked at me with my undergraduate liberal arts degree, and I don't know that I would have been any more successful with a graduate liberal arts degree. I empathize with those currently trying to figure out which educational program will best suit them for museum work. I will only reiterate what has been said over and over again, whatever degree you pursue, please make sure that you get as much experience in a museum as possible. As a volunteer, intern, entry level, part time clerical person, gofer, whatever. That is the qualification that I would be looking for (plus references from people in the field), if I were hiring. Eric Siegel [log in to unmask]