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Item Art, Science, and History: A Summer in the Rio Grande Valley(2023-05-22) Valdez, Andrea; Holcomb, Holcomb; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesIn the summer of 2022, I interned at the International Museum of Art and Science (IMAS) and the Museum of South Texas History (MOSTHistory). At IMAS, I was hired as a part-time educator and my responsibilities included facilitating educational programs and exhibits, creating a collection’s manual for the organization of the educational objects, and aided in the evaluation of a community pilot project. At MOSTHistory I worked with the Education Coordinator to create onboarding documentation and docent training. Both museums are in Rio Grande Valley, located in the southernmost point tip of Texas consisting of Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy County, home to over 1 million Hispanic Americans. My learning goal for these experiences was to learn how institutions with Hispanic audiences implement DEAI initiatives in their daily operations and strategic planning. Reinforcing the skills I learned in the Museum Studies program, I was able to bring my expertise in evaluation, education, and collections management and explore facilitating programing in a bilingual multicultural environment.Item Forward Thinking Strategies: Envisioning a Collaborative and Hybrid Library at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino(2023-05-22) Gallegos, Katrina; Hafertepe, Kenneth; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesDuring the summer and fall of 2022, I was a Graduate Latino Museum Studies Fellow (LMSP) with Smithsonian Institution’s (SI) National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL) and Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA). I was tasked with conducting a deep dive exploration about how SLA and NMAL can create a hybrid Research Center Library in the nation’s newest and yet to be opened museum. Through a series of stakeholder interviews, a targeted literature review, and external environmental scans I assembled a written report of findings and recommendations and created a robust database visualization. This report and dataset were made in service of NMAL and SLA leadership and help them visualize a successful research services model for NMAL. The values of sustained collaboration and community-building guided this exploration with the intent to reveal the needs of both internal and external community stakeholders.Item From Practice to Performance(2023-05-22) Penatzer, Jeffrey; Hafertepe, Kenneth; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesThis is the documentation of the summer internship of Jeffrey Penatzer at the Pearce Civil War Museum and Western Art Gallery in Corsicana TX. While the primary duties revolve around creating a social media plan, the small size of the museum allows for experience in almost all aspects of the museum.Item Pepper-Up: A Summer at the Dr Pepper Museum(2023-05-22) Liesch, Melissa; Holcomb, Julie; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesIn the summer of 2022, I interned at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute in Waco, Texas. It was a split internship where I spent the first half of my summer with the Collections Department before transferring to the Exhibits Department. I participated in the accessioning, deaccessioning, and cataloging of a donation from the Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) – Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS). I documented newspapers, coupons, and ads as well as other fun objects. I also worked on two separate exhibits, mainly research and writing. This report explores the projects undertaken at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute.Item The Real Never-Ending Story: A Summer Amidst Collections and Dr Pepper(2023-05-22) Graham, Erin; Holcomb, Julie; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesI spent April through December of 2022 working as an intern in Collections at the Dr Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas. During the internship, I processed Keurig-Dr Pepper (KDP) objects to recommend them either for accession, deaccession, or disposal. Most objects that I processed were paper documents, advertisements, correspondence, and newspapers. I was also tasked with adding to or creating accession records in the collections database, and in the fall semester, I aided in data cleanup of the collections database, correcting accession numbers and records. Along with the hours I worked at the museum I completed readings and maintaining a journal to document my experience, as well as to further inform my work and both academic and professional development. This report provides an overview of my work at the museum, how my academic development informed my professional development during my internship, observations, and what I learned during my time at the museum.Item A Summer By the Sea - My Internship Experience - Galveston County Museum Graduate Internship(2023-05-22) McAnulty, Bailey; Holcomb, Julie; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesThis project explores daily comings and goings of museum professionals in museum collections setting. This internship worked around maritime objects, as well as objects that are significant to Galveston County’s history and surrounding sister counties. The intern worked to housing objects in the collection, organize collections storage, prepare objects for exhibit, mentor volunteers on proper museum safety techniques and object handling, as well as curate her own exhibit on Galveston Opera history. The intern also had the opportunity to observe the director personally as she went to local Archivist meetings, met with possible donors, and made research trips throughout Galveston.Item A Summer Odyssey: Uncovering My Professional Self in the Rainiest City in America(2023-05-22) Pearson, Catherine; Holcomb, Julie; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesI spent the summer of 2022 interning at the Exploreum Science Center in Mobile, Alabama. Although originally hired to work for ten weeks with the first two weeks in exhibit development and the remaining in the education department, my job evolved into a 19-week internship across the administration, education, and exhibit departments. During the internship, I spent most of my time researching and developing an exhibit that would eventually become the center’s new permanent winter exhibit, Subzero: Discovering Life Among the Ice. I also worked closely with the director and helped with minor administration tasks as well as was a backup summer camp educator when needed. Because the center is a smaller institution, it was necessary for me to work in multiple departments and switch my roles at a moment’s notice. The report talks further about the work done at the Exploreum as well as how the internship allowed me to utilize knowledge and skills from my coursework, how it deepened my knowledge of the museum profession, and how it deepened my own personal knowledge.Item A Summer with Poage and Riley: Digitization Work with the W. R. Poage Legislative Library and Ray I. Riley Digitization Center(2023-05-22) Juraschek, Tesia; Hafertepe, Kenneth; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesThis report details the three major projects, and a few minor assignments, completed over the summer internship with the W. R. Poage Legislative Library and Ray I. Riley Digitization Center. These assignments included reviewing VHS tapes to determine importance for future digitization efforts, scanning and digitizing congressional newsletters, and digitizing campaign commercials. The report compares this work with the content from the Museum Studies courses. Finally, photographs are included to provide greater clarity to the type of work conducted.Item Tall Tales and True Tellings: Firearms Research from the Collections of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and MuseumAndrews, Thomas David; Holcomb, Julie; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesDuring the summer of 2018, I embarked on a three-month project with the collections staff of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum to examine a selection of firearms in their collection and assess their provenance, condition, and projected insurance value. I completed this project using research skills from my undergraduate studies in History as well as those I learned in collections management as a graduate student and as a graduate assistant working at the Mayborn Museum Complex. The culmination of this project was a report summarizing my findings as well as suggesting updated insurance values for each of the objects which I examined. In addition, I included an appendix with suggested updates to signage in light of new information discovered during my research.Item A Wall to Wall Treasure Hunt: The Bell County Museum(2023-05-22) Skroch, Michelle Rosena; Holcomb, Julie; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesThis professional internship experience spanned the summer months of 2022 and focused on a wall-to-wall inventory of the Bell County Museum’s off-site collection storge facility. The inventory consisted mainly of glass and kitchenware, farming tools, medical objects, and oversized objects like furniture. The work included updating PastPerfect entries, photographs, locations, rehousing, and documenting Found In Collection (FIC) objects. I also participated in the construction of an in-house exhibit and set-up of a traveling exhibit. To gain a better understanding of the museum’s relationship with the community and its goals I attended a board meeting and collections committee meeting. This report provides details to the work completed during the internship.Item ¡Yay Camp! An Immersive Approach for Teaching Civics in an Informal Learning Envrionment(2023-05-22) Gallegos, Katrina; Hafertepe, Kenneth; Museum Studies; Baylor University.; Baylor University. Dept. of Museum StudiesDuring the summer of 2022 I was a graduate intern for the W.R. Poage Legislative Library at Baylor University Libraries. I was hired as the project manager for their summer day camp, iEngage. The camp teaches civic engagement to children aged 10-15 and is conducted in partnership with Baylor’s School of Education. In this role I developed an informal education program for approximately 100 campers in grades 4-8. The work entailed research, curriculum development, counselor training, facilitator training, scheduling, educational program design, and administration. Additionally, I was a camp facilitator for one of the camp’s learning activities. This report explores my process of developing an engaging and educative informal learning program in a hybrid, collaborative space.