Web Resources for Museum Job Seekers

For many years I have maintained a handout in which I list online venues of interest to those searching for museum positions. Every few years I check and update the links, usually in connection with my Curatorship course. I will be teaching that course again next spring and I am working with a number of students preparing for museum job searches. This motivated the latest update, which I am posting online here. Additions and corrections are welcome. Please use the comments section.

• American Alliance of Museums:  http://www.aam-us.org/
• USAJobs: https://www.usajobs.gov/ (Federal jobs in the United States.)
• Museumjobs.com: http://www.museumjobs.com/
• Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/jobs/ (There is a dedicated section for museum jobs. See also the CHE listings for disciplines–anthropology, history, art history, American studies, ethnic/multicultural Studies, archival management, arts/cultural organizations,  research organizations, etc.)
• Chronicle of Philanthropy: http://philanthropy.com/jobs/ (There is a dedicated section for museum jobs.)
• H-Net (Humanities and Social Science online): http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ (There are several relevant categories on H-Net Job Guide, not all of them visible from any particular point in the site.)
• American Association for State and Local History: http://www.aaslh.org/
• Mountain Plains Museum Association:  http://www.mountplainsmuseums.org/ (They publish job ads in their print newsletter not online.)
• Association of Midwest Museums:  http://www.midwestmuseums.org/ (The site includes jobs section, see “career center” tab.)
• Western Museums Association: http://www.westmuse.org/ (The site includes jobs section, see “job board” tab.)
• New England Museum Association: http://www.nemanet.org/ (The site includes jobs section, see “NEMA Jobs” tab.)
• Southeastern Museums Conference: http://www.semcdirect.net/ (The site includes jobs section, see “Jobs” tab.)
• Archaeological Institute of America: http://www.archaeological.org/
• Society for American Archaeology: http://www.saa.org/
• American Institute for Conservation: http://www.conservation-us.org/
• Museum Ethnographers Group: http://www.museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/
• Council for Museum Anthropology Blog: http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/
• Society for Applied Anthropology: http://www.sfaa.net/sfaajobs.html
• American Anthropological Association: http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/
• Organization of American Historians: http://www.oah.org/
• American Folklore Society: http://www.afsnet.org/
• The Publore (Public Folklore) List-Serv receives job notices: http://www.afsnet.org/?page=publore&te

Updated most recently on 12/5/12.