The Museum Profession
Pitfalls and Possibilities
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.28925Keywords:
museum studies, religious studies, professionalization, museumsAbstract
In The Profession, our staff sits down with scholars at work in a variety of settings, in the academy and beyond. In this issue, we discuss the pitfalls and possibilities of the museum profession as described by current museum professional, Tara Young, in her new book, So You Want to Work in a Museum (2019). Between the freedom that an alt-ac job can provide to the difficulties a museum job holds, we pull back the curtain of this job field, the successes of current professionals working in a variety of museums, and the challenges they have overcome to be part of another educational community.
References
Frick, Morgan. 2020. “The Sydney Jewish Museum and the Religious Studies Project With Breann Fallon.” Bulletin for the Study of Religion 49 (3–4): 10–13. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.18874
Welch, Emma. 2021. “The Profession: The Future of Museum Studies with Dr. Nicholaus Pumphrey.” Bulletin for the Study of Religion. 50(1): 24–26. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.20030
Young, Tara. 2019. So You Want to Work in a Museum. London: Rowan & Littlefield.
