A minor in Museum Studies opens doors in a wide range of industries from education to business, humanitarian efforts, historic preservation, and advocacy and even health care, human services and law enforcement.
What can I do with this minor?
Museum Studies Career Fields:
- Local and State Government
- Federal Government
- Politics
- Law
- Planning and Conservation
- Nonprofit
- Environmental Law
- Public Policy
Highlighted Careers:
- Regional Planning
- City or Town Management
- Public Policy
- Research
- Intelligence
- Special Interest Advocacy
Career Resources
Museum Organizations
- The American Association for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums
- American Association of Museums
- Global Museum
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- International Council of Museums
- Maryland Association of History Museums
- Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
- Small Museum Association
- The Smithsonian Institution
- National Council of Public History
- Association of Zoos and Aquaria
Museums
- Calvert Marine Museum
- Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House
- Historic Londontown and Gardens
- Historic St. Mary’s City
- Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum
- Piscataway Indian Museum
- St. Mary’s County Recreation, Parks, and Community Services Museum Division
- Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Academic & Professional Organizations
- American Anthropological Association
- National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
- National Association of Student Anthropologists
- Society for American Archeology
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences