MUSEUM STUDIES

Careers

Jobs

Alumni from our program have obtained jobs with museums, historic sites, government agencies, and private firms across the country. A few examples include:

• Missouri Historical Society
• LBJ Presidential Library and Museum
• Kansas Historical Society
• Petersburg National Battlefield
• Rhode Island Historical Society
• Kentucky Historical Society
• James A. Garfield National Historic Site
• Stratford Hall Plantation
• Monticello
• Westchester Township History Museum (Chesterton, IN)
• Historical Museum of Southern Florida
• Town of Windsor Museum (CO)
• Orange County Historical Society (NC)
• Hampton Roads Naval Museum
• Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks
• Alliance for Historic Hillsborough (NC)
• DAR Museum (Washington, D.C.)
• Roanoke Island Festival Park (NC)
• Shirley Plantation (VA)
• Thomas Wolfe Memorial Historic Site
• Newberry Library (Chicago)

Internships

With guidance and assistance from the faculty, students every year fan out across North Carolina and across the country to gain experience and explore the field. A few examples include:

• National Museum of American History
• Chicago History Museum
• Oakland Museum of California
• Minnesota Historical Society
• Humanities Tennessee
• North Carolina Museum of History
• Margaret Mitchell House/Atlanta History Center
• Charleston [SC] Museum
• Petersburg National Battlefield
• Old Salem Museums and Gardens
• Thomas Wolfe Memorial Historic Site
• Stan Hywet Museum and Gardens (Ohio)
• Greensboro Historical Museum
• Newport Historical Society
• International Civil Rights Center and Museum
• Gettysburg National Military Park
• Museum of International Folk Art
• Museums of Old York (Maine)
• Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (Albuquerque)
• Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia)
• Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte)