Seeing the Museum Through a Lens
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Spring 2017
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Spring 2017
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Spring 2017
Museum Studies Intern at The Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Spring 2018
A much-anticipated facelift is coming to the Walton Hall in The Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Fall 2018
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Spring 2016
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Spring 2017
As an undergraduate student who is double majoring in Anthropology and Art History with a Museum Studies minor, I was overwhelmed when offered the opportunity to work side-by-side with Dr. Erin Peters, assistant curator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, during the initial stages of development for the institution’s new ancient Egyptian exhibit.
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Spring 2017
This semester, I was lucky enough to be an intern with Gretchen Anderson, the conservator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. I learned a lot. I cleaned a lot. And throughout all of this cleaning, I was always accompanied by R2-D2, the trusty HEPA vacuum. For most conservators, HEPA vacuums are the most efficient for the gentle cleaning of objects. For every diorama we were cleaning, R2-D2 was invariably by our side, waiting patiently to collect our dust.
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Fall 2016
It has been enlightening and eyeopening semester while working on the Botany Hall internship. Not only have I gain a great deal of knowledge about Botany and the hall and the workings of the museum, but it has allowed my to realize the amount of work and drive that is required for an internship that is largely independent work. My project is a short documentary about the changing context of dioramas, specifically those of Botany Hall, in museum context. Here is an exerpt from the intro to my script:
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Fall 2017
A survey is just a piece of paper or an online questionnaire that takes a couple of minutes of your time; a completely insignificant portion of a lifetime. Who knew that the small piece of paper or the few seemingly simple questions could hold so much weight in the world of museum curation.
Museum Studies Intern at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Fall 2019