>> Certainly art history is a great major if you're interested in being a curator
but I would say any humanity is really germane because in terms of art history you have to know
about all kinds of culture and cultural production and the history of thought,
the history of civilization, so really history, a studio degree is great.
I would say English or literature or some other kind
of language would be fine even philosophy or religion.
I know a very prominent curator who happens to work in the National Gallery
who basically does not have an art history degree.
He has a master's in religious studies so I think any kind of humanities-based major
at the undergraduate level is actually a fine jumping off place.
I think somebody who's good at relationships because you have to talk the people and artists
and donors and members and really build those relationships that I was talking about.
So I'd say research balance with good soft skills, people skills is a great start.
I would say folks who are good at administrative stuff also those are skills
that are valuable too because you end up going to school for content but you end up having
to do things like put together a budget or organize a project and have to take it
to completion, so all kinds of life skills are important as well.