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We offer support to jump-start your career

Museology provides support throughout your two years via quarterly advising with both our Graduate Advisor and faculty mentors. These chats help us to understand your skills and preferences and allow us to give targeted advice on different ways you can achieve your goals.

 

Skill-building workshops

Kevin Glatt speaking in a workshop next to an easel
We offer several workshops throughout the year focusing on building professional skills like communication, networking, and work/life balance.

Portfolio building

Two students creating a mount out of ethafoam to properly house an artifact.
You’ll build your portfolio during your classwork as you move through the program. Grant writing samples, exhibit designs, exhibit installations, collections projects, evaluation studies, public programs, and more!

Careers & Social Capital

Dr. Meena Selvakumar lecturing
Dr. Meena Selvakumar teaches Careers & Social Capital during your final quater in the program. This course serves as a transition from grad school to the museum field.

 

Our Graduates

Of students who graduated from 2018-2022, 76% are employed in museums or related businesses or non-profits.

They are working in every area of museums and their job titles range from Curator to Director of Community Engagement to Exhibitions Manager to Executive Director.

They are working in every size museum across the country and even the world. Many graduates are employed locally at virtually every museum, including Seattle Art Museum, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Museum of Flight, MoPOP, Woodland Park Zoo, and National Nordic Museum. Across the U.S. they are working at museums like the Field Museum, Barack Obama Presidential Library, J. Paul Getty Museum, and LACMA.