A lot of the situation(s) in museum jobs being temporary is due to state job
laws, that is an employee and employer can terminate "at will" with no
explanation why or what for. I know this is a fact in Washington State, and
a few other western states in the US that is the case.
John Martinson
Curator of Collections
This Is The Place Heritage Park
http://ourworld.cs.com/john29mart/
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