This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Anya Lord (’26) about her internship experience at the Holocaust Center for Humanity. My name is Anya Lord, and I use she/her pronouns. I have my bachelor’s in Art History with minors in History and Educational Studies from Carleton College, and I am originally from the East Coast. I am now in my second year of the Museology program and completing the Evaluation Specialization! Earlier this…
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Work study spotlight- Evelyn Manchester
Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Xavier Lucas-Cooper (’27) spoke with Evelyn Manchester (’27) about her work study experience at the Burke Museum. What is your academic background and how did that draw you to your position in the Burke? I wanted to work at the Burke because I love collections work and wanted to gain experience with a new type of collection! My academic background is in anthropology collections, primarily arts and culture, meaning this is the first time that I’ve worked…
Work study spotlight- Aiden Sweeney
Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Xavier Lucas-Cooper (’27) spoke with Aiden Sweeney (’27) about her work study experience at the Burke Museum. What is your academic background and how did that draw you to your position in the Burke? One of the main reasons I wanted to work at the Burke was their paleontological collections! My background is in invertebrate paleontology, and I’d just wrapped up a program in paleobotany before starting at UW. The opportunity to work in collections…
Internship spotlight- Zhiyue Chen
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Zhiyue Chen (’26) about her internship experience at the Woodland Park Zoo. When I first joined Woodland Park Zoo as a data collector, I didn’t imagine that holding an iPad in the summer sun could teach me so much about empathy, evaluation, and people. As a second-year Museology student passionate about evaluation, I’ve always been fascinated by how museums and cultural spaces can collect meaningful…
Work study spotlight – Mitch Cook-Graver
Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Xavier Lucas-Cooper (’27) spoke with Mitch Cook-Graver (’27) about his work study experience at the Burke Museum. What is your academic background and how did that draw you to your position in the Burke? My undergraduate education was in Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. With this degree, I got an archaeology job with the Forest Service near Mount Rainier and soon got involved with Greg Wilson-Mantilla’s lab on my weekend trips up…
Internship spotlight – Abigail Watson
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Abigail Watson (’26) tells us about her internship experience at the Edmonds Historical Museum. The Vastness of Small Museums I am a second year Museology student at the University of Washington, and I recently completed my internship at the Edmonds Historical Museum. I sought out an internship with Edmonds for a few reasons; I wanted to get hands-on experience working in a museum’s collection space, I wanted to…
Internship spotlight – Grace Vallecillo-Drews
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Grace Vallecillo-Drews (’26) about her internship experience at the Gallery B612. What organization are you interning with and what do you do in your internship? I have been interning at Gallery B612 since January of this year! I started doing mostly education and program/workshop planning along with some registrar duties. However, it’s a very small team, so my role also encompasses everything from curation &…
Internship spotlight – Marnie Hill-Woodworth
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Marnie Hill-Woodworth (’26) about her internship experience at the Messors in Italy. What organization did you intern with and what you did in your internship? I interned with Messors Art & Cultural Heritage Conservation where I learned how to conserve Byzantine and Medieval frescoes as well as 17th- 20th century paintings, led by Tonio Creanza and Jennifer Bell, Filip Petcu, Joana Diniz, with guest lectures…
Internship spotlight – Nancy Wynstra-Cope
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Nancy Wynstra-Cope (’26) about her internship experience at the Burke Museum. What organization did you intern with and what you did in your internship? I completed my internship at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, working with one of the collections managers in the Heritage, Arts, and Cultures department. Two of my projects included inventorying and rehousing textiles in the permanent collection and…
Internship spotlight – Megan Lam
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Megan Lam (’26) about her internship experience at The Vestibule. What organization did you intern with and what you do in your internship? I am interning at The Vestibule as a gallery assistant. I help with installation, making catalogs, and sometimes reaching out to organizations for potential collaborations, donations, and sponsorships. What learning goals did you have going into the internship? I wanted to learn more…