Careers in Heritage Preservation
Graduates of the MHP Program find careers in diverse settings. These include:
- Writing nominations for the National Register of Historic Places
- Conducting cultural resource surveys for cities’ governmental agencies
- Serving as historians for cultural resource stewardship offices
- Serving as program directors for preservation centers
- Coordinating the preservation of historic cemeteries
- Working as preservation planners for cities’ urban design commissions
- Directing cities’ design preservation leagues
- Lobbying for the protection of historic resources through non-profit advocacy organizations
- Consulting for engineering, environmental, or other cultural resource companies
- Delivering lectures on preservation
- Teaching preservation courses for colleges or universities
- Appraising architecture of historic homes
- Working for an environmental review or architectural review department within the State Historic Preservation Offices
- Leading historic preservation consulting practices
- Managing historical archives
- Curating museums
- Designing museum exhibits
- Conducting museum education programming