Career Opportunities in Public History

Public historians work for a wide variety of private and public agencies at the local, state, and national level. Public historians design and implement educational programs at agencies such as the Georgia Trust, and museums like the Atlanta History Center. They produce documentaries for PBS and the History Channel, and manage cultural resources, such as the Kennesaw National Battlefield or Alcatraz Island. They curate historical collections for museums, such as the Bremen Jewish Heritage Museum or the National Museum of American History. Public historians work in heritage tourism, such as at Colonial Williamsburg, and they promote and fund raise for historical societies, such as the Historic Chattahoochee Commission. Public historians assist cities and towns in protecting and preserving threatened historic structures. They document historic homes and businesses, and record and interpret oral histories of civil rights activists, war veterans, factory workers, and farmers.

Graduates of KSU's public history program have been employed by:

Atlanta History Center

Georgia Dept of Transportation (Atlanta, GA)

Fort Mountain Preservation Services (Woodstock, GA)

Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History (Kennesaw, GA)

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (Jacksonville, FL)