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
• • 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