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Museum Studies Online Degree Programs

A major in museum studies prepares you for a career in retrieving artifacts, developing and conserving them, and organizing exhibitions and collections in art, science, nature, or historical museums.

Upper level degrees lead to positions such as arts administrators, archivists, museum curators, art conservators, art dealers, photo archivists, art librarians, historical preservationist lawyer, specializing in art issues, insurance appraisers, auction house positions, and marketing and advertising positions.

Archivists and curators plan and oversee the arrangement, cataloguing, exhibition, and maintenance of collections. Curators usually deal with objects found in cultural, biological, or historical collections, while archivists handle valuable records, documents, or related objects.

Despite an anticipated increase in the employment of archivists and curators, due to extremely high job satisfaction statistics and low turnover rates, competition for jobs in museum studies fields are always high.

Salaries for museum employees and curators vary considerably by type and size of employer, position and experience, but can range from $20,000 to $100,000 or more.

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