Bloomsbury Academic Small But Mighty: Strategies for Excelling as a Small Museum Professional (American Association for State and Local History)

Small But Mighty contributes the latest and most effective modern curatorial practices within small museums, galleries, historic sites, and any other educational institution. The book serves as a guide to aspiring museum professionals looking for jobs in curation on what to expect in the field. It also provides current curators or those who act as curators in small institutions with in-depth research and contemporary curatorial practices that have evolved from applied experience. Museum enthusiasts who enjoy frequenting their favorite small institutions will appreciate a publication that is approachable and eye-opening to the realistic expectations and struggles of curatorial professionals. College students studying in undergraduate and graduate-level degree programs, such as museum studies, public history, history, and anthropology, will benefit from reading an informative, engaging, and approachable book that will prepare them for the museum field. This book also serves as an excellent primary text to any museum or curatorial-related college course. For example, it would be useful to any Introduction into Museum class taught to undergraduate students. It would also provide Masters and Ph. D students taking Museum Practices, Curatorial Practices, Museums and Communities, and Museum Collections courses with a useful in-class text. Lastly, students taking curatorial internships and volunteers who assist museum curators can utilize this publication to steer them in the right direction to best fulfill their supportive role within a museum.