The DC area has over 3 times the national average of available position and among the highest salaries for Curators, Archivists, and Museum Technicians and Conservators, and the highest number of postions for Historians, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024).

Recent employers for undergraduates from AU's Art History Program

• Aditi Center
• Bleakhouse Publishing
• Disney
• Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Multinational Advisory Services
• National Park Foundation
• National Gallery of Art
• Network for Good
• One River School of Art & Design
• Phillips Collection
• Project Design Company
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Sotheby's
• Tati Pastukhova, ARTECHOUSE
• TransPerfec
• Urban Land Institute
• Washington National Cathedral
• West Chester University Foundation

See more about art history career paths and career data for recent alumni.