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I am a practicing lawyer in Washington DC. I have always loved Museums and
museum stuff and even attended Parsons School of Design for a couple of
years before going to law school with an eye toward becoming a curator. I
got waylaid one summer while studying in Italy by the terrible corrosion
facing our architectural treasures and decided to go to law school to
become an historic preservation and/or environmental lawyer. Alas, I am
currently doing neither. In fact I am a commercial lawyer. My focus over
the years has been in employment law, contract law - both drafting and
negotiating as well as litigating, and insurance law. I've worked with
artists through the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, and I am
currently participating in a docent program at a museum here in DC. But
I'd really like to get back to my true love and find a way to combine my
profession with my avocation and go to work for a museum as a lawyer. I am
prepared to spend a year or two regrouping and networking. I am also
considering going back to school for some additional formal education to
round out my experience. My question is what kind of program would be more
useful: a Museum Studies Program or a Not-for-Profit Administration
program? I can see how my contracts and insurance background would be
useful, but what other areas would a museum want its general counsel to be
well versed in? What does a Registrar of a museum do exactly? Finally,
does anyone know who does the legal work for the Corcoran Museum and/or
Corcoran School of Art? Thanks.
-- Annemarie Brennan Rice
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