Others work in other settings, such as in public folklore programs, academic departments, community-based organizations, and consultancies.
Such folklorists either partner with museums in the development of scholarly and public programs or study the history and impact of such work.
[12] In North America, the historical connections linking anthropology and folklore studies more broadly are of particular relevance to museum folklorists because many early leaders of the American folklore society were also anthropologists active in museums.
[13] In Europe, what is here referred to as museum folklore would often fall within the field of European ethnology.
Prominent figures in the history of museum folklore include: Leading senior scholar-practitioners in the field today include Marsha Bol, C. Kurt Dewhurst, Rayna Green, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, and Marsha MacDowell.