Project by Maggie DeFranco (2019)
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Paid Internship Pilot: Thank you for a great first year
As we start our second full year of the Museology program’s paid internship pilot, we would like to thank all of our partner organizations that have made this work possible. Together, we are working towards a more dynamic, inclusive, and equitable museum field. Our pilot program currently works with 25 local organizations to host paid internships for Museology students, each of whom is eligible for up to 180 hours paid. Through this paid internship program, the Museology program hopes to…
Blackfish in Crisis: Advocating for an Endangered Population Using Data Visualization and Social Media
Washington Library Association Historical Archives Exhibit
Project by Sara Cordes (2019)
Come here often? Nonfrequent visitor perceptions of art museums
Thesis by Nicole Claudio (2019)
Healing historic wounds: inclusion in exhibits at state history museums
Thesis by Elaine Carter (2019)
Food for Thought: Modernizing Food Programs in Historic House Museums
Project by Katharine Anthony (2019)
Including Indigenous Voices in Local History Museums
Project by Andrew Jessica (2019)
When A Museum Decides to Stop Charging for Admission
Thesis by Catherine Allen (2019)
Curating “Capability”: Taking Risks and Finding Voice Through the Emerging Curator Initiative (ECI)
Author: Maggie DeFranco, Class of 2019 I came into the Museology program as an assistant curator and educator. I also came into the Museology program as a person who was attempting to leave the community trauma of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting about 3,000 miles behind me. These two aspects of my life, the professional and the personal, were ones that I had attempted to keep separated as an undergraduate arts management student. As a graduate student, I had the…