Career Opportunities
Graduates of the concentration in public history often end up working locally. Acadiana is rich in history and filled with exciting opportunities for public history work. Some of our alumni have ventured much further in achieving their employment dreams, however. Recent graduates in public history have found employment at
- Acadian Cultural Center of Jean Lafitte National Park
- Archdiocese of New Orleans
- Arkansas State Archives
- Bayou Teche Museum
- Hilliard Art Museum
- Bodleian Libraries (Oxford University)
- Capitol Park Museum
- Center for Louisiana Studies
- Central Arkansas Library System
- Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Archives
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Ernest J. Gaines Center
- Fort Nisqually Historical Park
- Iberville Museum
- Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Park
- Louisiana Division of Archaeology
- Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
- Louisiana’s Old State Capitol
- National Records Center—USCIS
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Ohio State Legislature
- Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
- Southern Forest Heritage Museum & Research Center
- Tabasco Corporate Archives
- The Shadows, a National Trust Historic Site.
- USS Slater Historical Museum
- Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park