This past summer, the Museology Program piloted a new Group Fieldwork Internship Program for current Museology students, recent graduates, and local organizations to work in a problem space defined by the organization. The post below discusses how this pilot program came about in light of the coronavirus pandemic:
Category: Community Engagement
Community Spotlight – Renton History Museum
Author: Sarah Samson, Renton History Museum Curator of Collections & Exhibitions, Museology class of 2005 “Full-circle.” This was how one of my students described the opening of a student-curated exhibit at Renton History Museum (RHM) this May. A group was attending to support one of their fellow M.A. candidates. I first met them one Monday afternoon during their very first quarter. They were all taking my collections history lab, the class I teach for the Museology Graduate Program, which for some…
Calaveras & Conversations: Leading Spanish Tours at Bellevue Arts Museum
AUTHOR: Pamela Maldonado, Class of 2018 Last year, I attended the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) conference in St. Louis, Missouri and learned about a Spanish led family program for toddlers that takes place at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, Illinois. I was blown away by their program that seeks to bring in early learners and their adults to look at art together and participate in activities. I knew in that moment that I wanted to make my…
Community Talk – The Practices of Essential Engagement
Do your exhibitions spark real, meaningful dialog? Are your visitors truly engaged? 4Culture and UW Museology invite you to join us in examining our practices as a museum community. Friday, January 13, 2017, 4:00-6:00 pm UW Intellectual House Sarah Pharaon, Senior Director of Methodology and Practice with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, will explore how to go beyond relevant and become essential. In her work with the Coalition—a worldwide network of over 200 places of memory dedicated to struggles…