Career Management

What’s the Best Path to a Top Museum Job? We Analyzed the Training of 100 Curators to Find Out

These days, it feels like you can't swing a canvas tote without hitting a newly credentialed curator. As art institutions expand and biennials proliferate, the population of curators has …
By Brian Boucher, artnet News

Receiving the Nancy Hanks award (and what the heck is professional development, anyway)

By Emily Graslie

Leaving the Museum Field

By Sarah Erdman, Claudia Ocello, Dawn Estabrooks Salerno, and Marieke Van Damme

Leadership, and Why You Need a SWOT Analysis (and a Personal Board of Directors)

By Greg Stevens

Strategizing Me: Making a Personal Career Plan Effective leaders create mission statements to shape their museum careers.

By Anne W. Ackerson

Museum Directors on Mentorship and Their Professional Journeys

By Michael E. Shapiro

A perspective on the educational value of museum internships

By Emily Surman

Tools for Recruitment and Engagement in Museum Studies

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By Jada Wright-Greene

Anatomy of a Lunchtime Conversation

By AAM Editor

Your Roving Reporter: An interview with Jim Croft: Executive Vice President of The Field Museum

By Betty Brewer

The Productive Workplace

By Marilyn Weiss Cruickshank

The Role of Human Resources in Museums

By Christine Engel
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