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A master's in _museum studies_? Why? Why in the world would you pay for that? What could the study of that possible produce?
by rmdashrfroot 8y ago
A master's in _museum studies_? Why? Why in the world would you pay for that? What could the study of that possible produce?
- CalRobert 8y agoApparently, when your ex-husband whom you started dating at 17 is an abusive asshole who says you're an idiot, your interests are stupid, and you'll never amount to anything, you may, upon divorce, feel a strong sense of internal motivation to do all that stuff you always wanted to do, and make decisions not based purely on financial rationality. Also, I totally understand the whole "why in the world would you pay for that" but if you work in tech you're in a fairly privileged position. The thing I desperately wanted to do most of my life happens to pay well. Somebody else desperately wanted to work in museums/heritage/archaeology and share knowledge. And museums do good work - one of the projects she worked on was repatriating artifacts stolen from Native American graves in the early 20th century. Since the thieves generally didn't take good notes, it could require a lot of time, effort, and knowledge to determine an artifact's provenience. That was more related to her undergrad studies - the graduate degree was more about a mix of preservation, conservation, etc. I'm not sure it's worse than making some F2P game or Tinder for dogs. But it's definitely less profitable.
- objectivetruth 8y agoI assume it produces the ability to manage a museum. How easy do you think it is to successfully manage a museum, with a staff of dozens to hundreds of docents, researchers, restoration specialists, educators, and support staff? MSI in Chicago gets 1.5 million visitors a year and has a freaking U-Boat and a 727 (among many other amazing exhibits).