Communications Industry

To many people museums are boring and dull, but to me they are full of answers and questions. After my experience of traveling abroad as a Student Ambassador, I realized how wonderful museums are. I saw David, the Mona Lisa, and the Sistine Chapel ceiling and I felt as if I were in heaven. Every time my group went to a museum I wished for at least another hour to gaze at the magnificent displays. Never was my wished granted and I promised myself that I would one day go back and spend all the time I wanted in those museums which I adored.

The odd, confused, or questioning looks I get when I answer that never-ending question, “What do you want to do in your future?” do not alarm me. I know that very easily my chosen major or future career may change, but I still always have that dream job floating in the back of my head. This job is definitely unique and only a couple of people know what it is, but now I feel as though I am letting the world know. So here it is, my dream job, the ultimate career: working as a tour guide/art curator at the Louvre museum.

I am sure whoever reads this is saying “Wow, this is a dream job. Does she know she will have to live in Paris? Hopefully, she will not be too let down when she realizes that this is nearly impossible.” I know my goals are high, but I have been told since I was a child, “You can do anything you set your heart to.” I believe this. True, I will have to work mighty hard to climb up the museum business ladder, but if I put my effort towards this goal one day it will be achieved. I may be 45 before I am working at the Louvre, but at least I tried and succeeded.

Now the question is “Why the Louvre?” There are many other excellent art museums: the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The truth is the Louvre is at the top, it is the art museum in which everything is beautiful from the exterior architecture to the marble floors. I want to be able to see the Mona Lisa whenever I want or clean Venus de Milo or reveal the magnificent stories of the artwork to questioning students. Moreover, I want to work in the museum that first revealed to me my love for art. Yes, I always knew I was artistic, but something in my brain said, “Sam, this is where you belong, in this magnificent museum.” Therefore, that is my dream job, as outlandish as it seems, it is mine. I am sure not many others dream of being in a museum day in and day out, but I am unique, and I would love to work at the Louvre.