After Graduation

Graduate Outcomes

The Museum and Heritage Studies major gives students foundational skills, knowledge, and hands-on experience applicable in any museum or collecting institution. Randolph College graduates have gone on to work in many museums and heritage-related fields, including positions with these institutions:

• Poplar Forest, Forest, VA
• George Marshall Museum, Lexington, VA
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
• The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
• Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
• Telluride Historical Museum, Telluride, CO
• Amazement Square Children’s Museum, Lynchburg, VA
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
• Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center, Huntsville, AL
• National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
• Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
• National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.
• Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
• Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
• Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery at the Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
• Lynchburg Museum System, Lynchburg, VA
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
• Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
• Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
• Christies, London, England
• Babcock Gallery, New York, NY
• Fredericksburg Area Museum, Fredericksburg, VA
• Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, AL
• Historic Jamestowne, Jamestown, VA
• SEARCH, Inc. (Southeastern Archaeological Research)

Occupations of Interest to Museum and Heritage Studies Majors

• Digital Asset Manager
• Museum Registrar
• Collections Manager
• Historic House Collections and Furnishings Specialist
• Museum Technician
• Archival Digitization Specialist
• Educational Programming Coordinator
• Curator of Education/Director of Education
• Gallery Guide/Interpretive Guide/Museum Educator
• Historic Site Interpreter
• Display & Installation Specialist
• Art Handler
• Marketing Coordinator
• Museum Reference Librarian
• Research Biologist / Field Researcher
• Specimens Conservator / Taxidermist
• Community and Outreach Coordinator
• Fundraising, Grants & Development Coordinator
• Director of External Relations
• Operations Manager
• Archivist
• Historic Preservationist
• Conservator
• Museum Curator
• Curatorial Assistant
• Park Ranger
• Collections Research Specialist
• Collections Cataloguer
• Volunteer Coordinator

Advanced Study

Some careers in museum and heritage studies require advanced degrees. Graduate programs attended by recent graduates include:

• George Washington University
• University of Florida
• Washington University of St. Louis
• University of Chicago
• University of Virginia
• Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
• Ecole du Louvre, Paris, France
• San Diego State University
• City University of New York
• University of Bristol