Where Will You Take Your Degree?
The job market in public history can be tight, and jobs tend to go to graduates of well-regarded programs who can demonstrate meaningful academic preparation and extensive experience in the field. Our graduates boast both. Small seminars give them grounding in history, theory, and strategy. Field experiences, gained through courses, internships and volunteering, offer them the professional focus and network they’ll need.
Our students have found employment in agencies, organizations, archives, and businesses across the United States. In the last three years, graduates have found employment in the following areas and institutions:
Field | Institution |
Finance | Museum of Science, Boston |
Editorial | New England Quarterly |
Exhibitions | The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum |
Interpretation | Paul Revere House |
Historic Program Director | King’s Chapel |
Marketing | Freedom Trail Foundation |
Research | The HistoryMakers |
Programming | Boston by Foot |
Programming | Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. |
Education | Old North Church |
Interpretation | National Park Service |
Collections | Historic New England |
Curatorial | Holocaust Museum Houston |
Visitor Services | Minnesota Museum of American Art |
Programming | Peabody Essex Museum |
Collections | Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology |
Visitor Experience | Boston Children’s Museum |
Media Production | Northern Light Production |
Education | Waterworks Museum |
Exhibitions | The MIT Museum |
Research | Boston National Historical Park |
Education | The Buttonwoods Museum |
Collections | The Brooklyn Museum |
Programming | Meridian International Center |
Curatorial | Downers Grove Museum |