I agree with Claudia and, having given a few graduate seminars at University of Montreal's graduate program in Museology, I would go even further: a museum professional without some sort of solid academic background (at least undergraduate) in another discipline (be it history, art history or biology) is rather useless in a museum on a day-to-day basis. You've got to be competent in a given field before you can work in an institution that is interested in that field. Hervé Gagnon Director-Curator Colby-Curtis Museum Stanstead (Québec) Canada Nicholson, Claudia a écrit: > To the person who was seeking information on an undergraduate degree in > museum studies: reconsider. The value of an undergraduate degree in > "something" is that you learn how to learn about a specific subject. > You gain a background of knowledge that will serve you (most likely at > surprising times) over and over again in your career. Museum Studies is > a broad area, and you learn about dozens of things. But in such > programs you rarely spend a lot of time learning just one thing. The > undergraduate degree in a subject area allows you to do that before you > learn "museum stuff." > > The others who have advised you about internships and such are right. > You can get museum experience without being in a structured program. > And, most museum graduate programs won't look at you without some sort > of museum experience. > > Great field to be in, but there are many ways to get there. > > Claudia > Curator > Museum Collections Department > Minnesota Historical Society > 345 Kellogg Blvd. W. > St. Paul, MN 55102-1906 > Tel.: 612/297-7442 > FAX: 612/297-2967 > E-mail: [log in to unmask]