Career Prospects
A degree in Art History prepares you for many different career paths.
Scientific fields of activity in a narrower sense include:
Universities and colleges (research and teaching), other teaching and research institutions, museums and the exhibition sector, art education, heritage preservation.
Fields of activity in the ‘research-adjacent’ cultural sector are varied:
Art trade/auction houses, art consulting, image archives and agencies, art associations and foundations, cultural management and administration (cities/communities, private companies), cultural tourism (e.g., travel guide), journalism (art criticism, art journalism, reviews, free journalism), publishing (art publishers, editing), libraries and archives,…
Information on studying and career prospects:
- Portal of the Association of German Art Historians
- Kunstgeschichte.info / an online guide for art historians
- ArtHist – Network for Art History