Hi there! Mod of r/MuseumPros here.

Museums have tons of jobs - for instance, the one I currently work at has 1,000 employees! Theres curatorial, development (fundraising), marketing/communications, facilities, collections and registrar, front of house (ticket sellers), education, etc.

A museum studies certificate is of course helpful, especially if you can gain some experience though internships and volunteering. That said, there are many masters programs churning out graduates and there are more qualified people than jobs. This doesn't meant that you can't get a job, it just means that there is a wide range of competition - from those with BAs to those with MAs and even PhDs.

It helps, I think, to have a vague idea of what type of museum you want to work in. A smaller museum with fewer staff will need more generalists, whereas a large museum needs many specialists. Your certificate might be more general or more specific, it's something to keep in mind.

Is there some more information you can provide that would enable me to give you a more detailed answer?

Museum Studies MA holder here! You can do lots of things - get coffee for department heads, cut out shapes for arts and crafts, run elementary level science classes, act as a camp counsellor, run tours for school groups, etc!

Those are all things that I've done before, and that's the sort of entry level work you can expect without any prior experience. That said, I've been in the industry for about 30 months now and I'm head of interpretation at a small local museum in Nova Scotia. I'm also in charge of collections and research. And everything that's not facilities, maintenance, and ops. There are three paid staff, myself included.

That said, what are your interests beyond "working in a museum?" There's lots to do - Interpretation, Education, Collections, Exhibit Design, Curatorial, Social Media and Comms, etc. Some of those will require PhDs and years of experience, especially curatorial stuff, and most people get their feet wet through interpretation roles.

I would first ask the above question, then look at the certificate program and what it focusses on. Then look around - if you're not averse to travel and paying international fees, Uni Leicester has a phenomenal MA programme. Also check out /r/museumpros and see what folk there could suggest!