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veloharris t1_j97n5yb wrote

Good luck, but as your friend likely knows it's an insanely competitive career and very very hard to get any job let alone one that pays enough for DC.

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afloatingpoint OP t1_j97nssp wrote

Thanks. It is insanely competitive. Kind of crazy to me. But also, you never know unless you try, yeah? And there are museums, cultural institutions, and archives in places beyond NY and DC if things don't pan out. We'll see what the future holds.

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keyjan t1_j981oi6 wrote

Way more people wanting to work, than work. The former librarian at my firm wanted to volunteer at the NGA library when she retired. Librarian. Archival experience.

She basically had to get in line after 18 other people with similar or better experience, to work for free for a few hours every other week.

Dumbarton Oaks needs a Byzantine specialist; the Museum of Women in the Arts needs a remote curator for a lot of money and no benefits. There will probably be 50 applicants for each position.

Check the universities, too. Some of them may have museum collections.

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