Transfering, but they have the same sorority

[Beryana]

Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

but if you really want to be a CURATOR, a museum studies degree will get you jack. In that case, what you need is a Ph.D., in either history or art history, depending on your focus.

Also depending on your focus, you might want to check out public history programs.

Just so you know.

Actually, it really does depend on the graduate program whether a Masters is sufficient - but that is COMPLETELY off topic and a Library Studies degree is not going to get you a job as a curator anyway.

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by Beryana

Actually, it really does depend on the graduate program whether a Masters is sufficient - but that is COMPLETELY off topic and a Library Studies degree is not going to get you a job as a curator anyway.

Well, an MA in museum studies would probably be good if you want to be curator of Podunk Country History Museum. If you want to work at a big museum in a big city, not so much.

I was going to go to a museum studies MA program until I starting doing informational career interviews with museum people in NYC and DC and they all said "Get a Ph.D. if you want to go places."

Of course, we see where I ended up with the Ph.D. thing. LOL.

Agreed about the library studies will get you nowhere with museum things. Also, I would suspect that at some places/for some jobs, an MA in Art History might be more advantageous than an MA in Museum Studies.

A lot depends on what you really want to do in a museum, so the OP needs to figure that out.

/ramble