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our alumni
Students graduate from CGP and pursue careers in a variety of areas in the museum field. The breadth and depth of a CGP education is reflected in the positions held by alumni and the varied organizations they work for. Alumni around the world work as curators, directors, educators, marketers, development officers, registrars, human resource specialists, designers, and museum consultants in both the nonprofit and for profit sectors.
Graduates hold positions in large cultural institutions, small museums and historic houses and sites throughout the country. Other alumni contribute to the field through their work in corporate organizations and exhibit fabrication companies. For a sample of where our alumni are working scroll down to the list below.
Our graduates also serve as board members of community groups, museums and professional service organizations. More than 750 alumni make a difference in communities across the country.
Class of 2005, 2006, 2007 Alumni Reunion.
Click here to learn why CGP is important to our alumni.
about the Cooperstown Graduate Association (CGA)
The Cooperstown Graduate Association is a not-for-profit corporation comprised of alumni and friends of the Cooperstown Graduate Program. CGA’s primary purpose is the support of budding, young graduate students who will be tomorrow’s museum curators and caretakers of our cultural patrimony, and to encourage professional development and collegiality.
where in the world are CGP alumni?
- Anchorage Museum of History & Art - Anchorage, AK
- Birmingham Museum of Art - Birmingham, AL
- The Huntington- San Marino, CA
- Noah Webster House - Hartford, CT
- Atlanta Historical Society - Atlanta, GA
- Paul Revere House - Boston, MA
- Historic New England - Boston, MA
- Mackinac State Historic Parks - Mackinac Island, MI
- Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City - Kansas City, MO
- St. Louis Art Museum - St. Louis, MO
- Wells Fargo Museum - Minneapolis, MN
- Nebraska State Historical Society - Lincoln, NE
- New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM
- New Jersey State House - Trenton, NJ
- New York State Museum - Albany, NY
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - Cooperstown, NY
- The Corning Museum of Glass - Corning, NY
- International Coalition of Sites of Conscience - New York, NY
- The Strong National Museum of Play - Rochester, NY
- Newport Restoration Foundation - Newport, RI
- South Carolina Cotton Museum - Bishopville, SC
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston- Houston, TX
- Colonial Williamsburg - Williamsburg, VA
- Shelburne Museum - Shelburne, VT
- Yakima Valley Museum - Yakima, WA
- National Museum of American History (Smithsonian) - Washington, DC
- Harley-Davidson Museum - Milwaukee, WI
- Wyoming Council for the Humanities - Laramie, WY
- Centre d'historie de Montreal - Montreal, Quebec
- The Royal Library - Copenhagen, Denmark