Nicole Amaral ‘10, Registration Assistant, Exhibitions and Loans, Rhode Island School of Design Museum
I’ve loved museums since I was a little kid, but seeing only what was on view was never quite enough for me. I wanted to go past the roped-off areas, beyond the “Staff Only” doors, behind the scenes. As a museum registrar at the RISD Museum, I get to do just that. My History degree from PC, and particularly Civ, has served me well in my job at the Museum, where a wide base of knowledge is incredibly useful when working with objects from Egyptian times through the modern era. A History degree is a great tool for breaking into the Museum field, which has many interesting career paths within it—curating, collections management, education, database management, conservation, graphic design, fundraising, just to name a few. I love going to my museum job every day, and majoring in History was the first step to getting to where I am now.
