Types of Jobs in Museums

Digital Profiles / Skills in Museums Today_v3, 2022

Updated and extended version of the recopilatory intended to be useful for museums, museum professionals, universities, and Public Administration, of examples of digital jobs offerings in museums and of the digital skills demanded. The document basically contains lists, graphics and excerpts/quotations -duly credited- about: - real departments /jobs in museums - examples of digital job offers & requirements - skills needed (and digital skills shortage) - testimonials of museum professionals - working Panorama post COVID-19.

Recruiting and Hiring Museum Curators and Directors: A Human Resource Tool for Local Government, Museum Trustees and Cultural Managers, 2003

Journal of Management Development, 2002

In recent years museums have changed from being predominantly custodial institutions to becoming increasingly focussed on audience attraction. New emphasis is placed on museum-audience interactions and relationships. This change in the purpose and priorities of museums has impacted upon the nature of museum management. The recognition of new roles for museum directors and the need to appeal to differentiated audiences has created new challenges for previously traditional, custodial directors. This paper presents a conceptual framework for managing museums, taking account of the museum service context and the delivery of the museum service product. It then examines two museums, one in Ireland and one in Australia, both of which have a similar cultural history. The paper considers the different management styles for museum directors and how these different styles illustrate the changes in professional perspective from the traditional (a focus on custodial preservation) to the more current (a focus on educating and entertaining the public).

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods

2011

In recent decades there has been a rapid expansion in tertiary education programs that purport to prepare students to become workers in the museums and collections sector. These programs are highly variable in terms of focus, content and pedagogy. Those seeking employment in a diverse sector such as ours need to be aware of the range of opportunities and challenges of working in a variety of geographic and organisational circumstances. There should also be an understanding the sector's reliance on voluntary labour and the difficulties in establishing a chosen career track especially if it has been conceptualised with a focus on major cultural institutions. Similarly, practitioners from all parts of the sector, major cultural institutions and smaller regional organisations alike, should give input concerning the skills and knowledge required of graduates to those designing tertiary study programs. The last national dialogue on this issue predates the establishment of many of thes...

Nordisk Museologi

Museum Management and Curatorship, 1990

'Society in the Museum' (SoMus) is a research project in Sociomuseology that began in 2014 from Portugal. SoMus aims to define four different participatory management models at four local museums placed in different European countries, taking as starting point their rationales and daily practices. Chosen for the innovative nature of society's cultural participation, these museums symbolise a diverse range of contexts, cultures and challenges, which allow us to reflect on their place in the construction of new models of full cultural democracy. In this article, we present the model created by the Pusol School Museum (Spain). Its innovative practices in heritage education link up museum and school, knowledge and the appreciation of traditional culture, in a rural area located in the inland of the province of Alicante, at the Southeaster Mediterranean Spanish coast.