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