Possible Fields for Persons with Art History Degrees
MUSEUMS, such as art, historical, house, folk, craft
- Director - MA, Ph.D., Art Management
- Curator - MA, Ph.D.
- Registrar
- Education - MA
- Publicity
- Conservation - BA, MA
- Administration, MBA, MA
CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS, BA, MA
- Private
- Corporate
- College or University
CONSERVATION
- Internship, MA, Chemistry essential
- Specialization in - paper, painting, furniture, glass-pottery, sculpture, photographs, textiles
- Architectural conservation
HISTORIC PRESERVATION - architecture, districts, burial grounds, villages, material culture
- Director of Preservation Foundation, MA, Ph.D.
- Program or Education Director
- Grant applications
PUBLIC ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
- e.g., Public Endowment for the Arts; NYS Council on the Arts
PUBLISHING
- Art publishers; critics; writer for newspapers, editorial work
- Photographer of fine art, architecture
- Films about art
- Web publishing, commercial and for non-profit organizations
COMMERCE
- Dealer - Old masters, contemporary, antiques
- Artist's agent
- Corporate Art Consultant
- Auction Houses (Sotheby & Christie's training programs in New York & London)
- Art Scout; Art Appraiser (IRS also uses appraisers), Finder Broker
- Tourism: tour leader
- Reproductions, Retailing, BA
ACADEME
- Teaching at college or university
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- Ph.D., languages essential
- Various departments such as Art History, Art, American Studies, Women's Studies, Archeology
- Field Archeology
- Teaching at private schools or academies
- Art Librarian, M.L.S. (Visual Resource librarian, BA or MA)
ART AND LAW - Training or Law Degree
- Art theft squads - Police, FBI, Interpol
- Prescribed material - customs
- Artist's rights - resale, estates
- Insurance Companies - art investigators