Browsing Internship Reports - Museum Studies by Issue Date
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Master's internship : final thoughts and reflection.
(2013-09-24)My internship was completed during the summer of 2012 at the Mayborn Museum Complex, a part of Baylor University, in Waco, Texas. I worked full-time for ten weeks as a member of the Promotions and Events Department. My ... -
Honor thy music : my experience at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
(2014-01-28)Completing a museum internship is an excellent way for a graduate student to receive hands-on experience in the field and to gain understanding about the realities of museum work while completing a post-graduate degree. ... -
Becoming a Pepper : my experience as the collections intern at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute.
(2014-06-11)During the summer of 2013 I completed an internship in collections at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Institute in Waco, Texas. For my internship I processed a large incoming donation while also completing other duties as ... -
Engage, explore, enjoy : an internship at the Mayborn Museum Complex.
(2014-06-11)This internship was at the Mayborn Museum Complex, a part of Baylor University, in Waco, Texas and was completed in the summer of 2013. I interned in the Promotions and Events Department full-time for ten weeks. My main ... -
Classified : title redacted : my internship at the George Bush Presidential Library.
(2015)How does a presidential library differ from standard archives? How do best practices translate under federal oversight? My summer internship in the archives of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library highlighted these ... -
Being human : my summer at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.
(2016-09-08)In the summer of 2015, I worked as a Graduate Intern at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, TX. Two days per week, I worked with the School Programming department observing, teaching, and developing community ... -
Working for the railroad : my summer at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum.
(2016-09-08)My internship was spent working in collections, education, and volunteer coordination at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Time in collections was spent inventorying and cataloging. The biggest ... -
A summer of quiet : marketing, collections, and compassion at the Crow Collection of Asian Art.
(2017-06-22)During the summer of 2016, I spent ten weeks interning at the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas with my work split evenly between the Marketing and Collections Departments. While working in ... -
Archives and libraries at The Museum of Flight.
(2017-06-22)My internship focused on managing materials in both the library and the archive at The Museum of Flight. The library received a grant to process the manual collection and input data into their MARC database. I cleaned, ... -
Uncharted Waters: Navigating a Summer of Transitions My Summer Internship at the Mayborn Museum
(2017-06-22)This internship presentation explores the complex issues that surround coming into and working in a museum during a time of change. The PowerPoint examines my summer internship at the Mayborn Museum during the summer of ... -
The art of soda : a summer spent in the collections of the Dr. Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute.
(2017-06-22)During the summer of 2016, I completed a twelve week collections internship at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute in Waco, Texas. My project was to process a donation from 2012 and determine which items ... -
Bubbles, fizz, and pop : my summer at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute.
(2017-06-22)This internship was focused on education and public programs at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute. There were three main components to my internship. The first was assisting and facilitating with two summer ... -
Trace fossils to tinkering : summer at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.
(2017-06-22)During the summer of 2016, Sarah Miller worked as a Programs Intern at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History in Fort Worth, Texas. Throughout the summer, Miller had the opportunity to be a part of the programs team ... -
At the crossroads of education and reality- my experience at the Poage Legislative Library.
The W.R. Poage Legislative Library was established in September 1979 and honors the legacy of former Congressman W.R. Poage. The library boasts 12 congressional, 8 state legislative, 4 judicial, and several other collections ... -
Sorting through the dust : creating an effective inventory in a challenging environment.
For any museum that has been in existence for a long time, one of the biggest challenges is reviewing the records of early acquisitions to ensure their compliance with current standards. Museum records are crucial to ... -
Reality check : my experiences at Sharlot Hall Museum.
For ten weeks during the summer of 2014 I interned at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, Arizona. Sharlot Hall Museum is a cultural center focused on the historical, social and natural aspects of Territorial Arizona. Opening ... -
Designing a gallery and then some : experiences as an exhibits intern at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute.
This internship presentation details the author’s experience as an intern in the Exhibit/Interpretation Department at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute in Waco, Texas during the summer of 2014. As an intern ...