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Heritage & Museums

You will find the following information on this page. Click on the links below to go directly to a section:

These pages provide general Job sector information available to you as well as information on types of jobs and where to look for them, specialist careers events and professional development and training. For information and resources linked to your subject of study, see the Degree Subject resources pages of our website.

General Resources

The Creative Arts and Cultural industry insight gives an overview of this employment sector and includes key roles for graduates, case studies and further links and resources. This is available to view or download from the Prospects website.

Prospects website has an 'explore types of jobs' section which includes job profiles of over 800 occupations. Information for each job covers salary and conditions, entry requirements, training and career development, typical employers/vacancy sources, related jobs and case studies, and contacts and resources.

 

Where to Look for Jobs and Work Placements

www.gradsouthwest.com has graduate level jobs in the south west. Register to search for jobs and job alerts matching your criteria

Arts Hub UK

Arts, Culture, Media jobs
Job site for creative people. Includes Culture and Heritage jobs...

Countryside Jobs Service (daily updates)

Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation
Careers development and careers section

www.jobsforinfopros.com/
Library Jobs; Knowledge Manager jobs; Information jobs; Jobs in Research

Lisjobnet jobs pages of CILIP

Local Government Jobs
The official recruitment site for local government

Museums Association
Represents museums and galleries in UK. Careers advice and bursary for postgraduates.

Museum Jobs
International resource for full time opportunities in the museum, gallery and heritage sectors.

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Offers internships for international students

Tate Gallery
General site for the Tate Gallery, includes a jobs section.


Global Museum
UK, US and worldwide job opportunities, news and information.

USArts
US Arts International Training and Internship Programme for the Performing and Visual Arts and Business Management fields


For further information on the job seeking and application process, and resources available, please see the Looking for Jobs and Applying for Jobs pages of this website.

For further information on Work Placements and to download our information sheet, please see our Work Placement pages. Alternatively, contact our Placements Officer Ian Rowe (i.rowe@bathspa.ac.uk) to discuss finding a suitable placement (strictly for Bath Spa students and recent graduates only).

Professional Organisations

Arts Council of England
London, SW1P 3NQ
Tel: 020 7333 0100

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
London SW19 5DH
Tel: 0207 211 6000

Association of Independent Museums Ltd
c/o London Transport Museum, Covent Garden, London  WC2E 7BB
Tel: 020 7379 6344
www.museums.org.uk/aim/

British Association of Friends of Museums (BAFM)
c/o Carol Bunbury (Secretary)  
Tel: 0870 224 8904
www.bafm.org.uk

The British Museum
Great Russell Street, London  WC1B 3DG
Tel: 020 7323 8299
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Group for Education in Museums (GEM)
Primrose House, 193 Gillingham Road, Gillingham, Kent  ME7 4EP
Tel: 01634 312409
www.gem.org.uk

Museum, Libraries and Archives Council
16 Queen Anne's Gate, London  SW19 9AA
Tel: 020 7272 1444
www.mla.gov.uk

Museums Association (MA)
24 Calvin Street, London  E1 6NW
Tel: 020 7426 6956
www.museumsassociation.org/

The British Library
96 Euston Road, London  NW1 2DB
Tel: 020 7412 7332
www.bl.uk

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
7 Ridgmount Street, London  WC1E 7AE
Tel: 020 7255 0500
www.cilip.org.uk

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS)
1st Floor Building, Building C, Brandon Gate, Leechlee Road, Hamilton  ML3 6AU
Tel: 01698 458888
www.slainte.org.uk/CILIPS/index.htm

Useful weblinks

Culture Online
Department for Media, Culture and Sport official website, up and coming projects, press releases

Galleries Survey
Provides results of a 2004 survey of 65 galleries conducted by the University of the Arts London Careers Service, includes information to new artists about approaching galleries.

Getty Centre
Provides links to research, conservation, institutes and museums

Heritage Houses Association

Association for Heritage Interpretation
UK forum for anyone interested in helping people explore and appreciate our heritage

Institute of Contemporary Art
Listing up and coming events and projects based at ICA including films, talks, exhibitions

National Council of Archives
General information site

National Portrait Gallery
Official website with links to regional events

Natural History Museum
Courses for those interested in working in museum sector

National Trust
General site for the National Trust

University of the Arts
Provides links to galleries in London. Compiled by the Arts London Library and Learning Resources.

Victoria and Albert Museum
General site, links to the National Arts Library

 

Events and Careers Fairs

Look at the What’s On section of this website for events and fairs.

Prospects website has a general careers fair section, searchable by type of event and location.

Further Training & Development

Most of the professional bodies run courses to support continuing professional development. Check their websites from the list above.

Prospects has a searchable database of postgraduate and work-related courses.