Museum Technicians and Conservators

Restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit. May work with specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts, or botanicals; or artifacts, textiles, or art. May identify and record objects or install and arrange them in exhibits. Includes book or document conservators.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

History(doctoral)University of Pennsylvania, PA

$69,451

Fine and Studio Arts(masters)University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC

$66,921

History(masters)Ashland University, OH

$65,004

History(masters)Pace University, NY

$63,996

History(bachelors)Dartmouth College, NH

$61,127

History(bachelors)Duke University, NC

$60,750

Fine and Studio Arts(masters)California State University-Fullerton, CA

$59,860

History(grad-cert)American Public University System, WV

$57,508

History(bachelors)University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX

$57,239

History(masters)American Public University System, WV

$56,621

History(bachelors)Amherst College, MA

$56,444

Fine and Studio Arts(masters)Eastern Illinois University, IL

$55,569

Fine and Studio Arts(masters)University of Nebraska at Kearney, NE

$55,459

Fine and Studio Arts(masters)Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA

$54,719

History(bachelors)Yale University, CT

$54,700

History(bachelors)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$53,828

History(bachelors)Harvard University, MA

$53,468

History(masters)Norwich University, VT

$53,266

History(masters)Arizona State University Campus Immersion, AZ

$52,827

History(masters)Arizona State University Digital Immersion, AZ

$52,827

History(masters)California State University-Los Angeles, CA

$52,144

History(masters)George Mason University, VA

$51,849

History(masters)Boston College, MA

$51,624

Fine and Studio Arts(bachelors)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$51,435

Fine and Studio Arts(masters)Academy of Art University, CA

$50,953