Museum Resources

Useful resources for exploring different kinds of museums, learning about funding and employment opportunities, and participating in museum conversations.

Sites Advertising Museum-Related Jobs or Internships

• American Alliance of Museums job postings
• ArtsTie museum education positions
• Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
• Association of Midwest Museums
• Association of Zoos and Aquariums
• Culture Source
• Global Museum (follow Museum Jobs link)
• H-Net Job Guide (careers in humanities and social sciences)
• Job Desk (museum positions in the United Kingdom)
• Michigan Museums Association
• Museums Collection Management 
• Museum Employment Research Center
• Museum Jobs
• Museum Market
• Museum Savvy
• Museum Search & Reference
• MuseumDev (online learning for museum professionals)
• National Council on Public History
• Night Kitchen Interactive (interactive technology positions in history, arts, and cultural heritage)
• Preservation Directory
• Smithsonian Office of Human Resources

Museum Blogs & List Servs

Participating in a list serve or blog can get you involved in the latest conversations happening in and about museums across the globe.

• Center for the Future of Museums Blog
• Curator’s CornerExhibiTricks
• Doctor Dada
• Museum Anthropology
• Museum-L list-serv
• Museum 2.0 Blog
• Museum People
• Museum Planner
• Open Objects
• 100 Best Curator and Museum Blogs (this very useful list will guide you to many museum blogs organized by museum type and topic)

Professional Organizations

There is a professional society for any kind of museum or museum topic that might interests you. This list contains links to the home pages of several museum organizations, where you will find valuable information on their mission, activities, and publications; as well as information on funding opportunities and job openings.

• American Alliance of Museums
• American Association for State and Local History
• Archives and Museum Informatics
• Art Museum Network
• Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
• Association of Midwest Museums
• Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists
• Association of Zoos and Aquariums
• Collections and Curators
• Collections Stewardship
• Global Museum
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
• International Council of Museums
• International Coalition of Sites of Conscience
• Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
• Michigan Humanities Council
• Michigan Museums Association
• Museum-Ed
• Museum Review
• Museum Scholar
• Museum Studies Reference Library of the Smithsonian Institution Library
• Museum Study
• Museum Learning Collaborative
• Museums for All
• National Emerging Museum Professionals Network
• Natural History Museums and Collections
• POLARIS: The Museum Mentor Network
• Preservation Directory
• Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
• Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies

Other Museum Resources

Objects on Display – Object Lessons is composed of the following exhibit sections: Geological Survey, Herbarium, Stereographs, Joseph Beal Steere,  Collections & Loss, Teaching Models, Alexander Ruthven, Museum Archive,  The Cage, The Gates, and Richard Barnes.