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Chancellor John Bowman, the 10th Chancellor of the University in 1927, developed the Nationality Rooms in a moment of turmoil.

When exploring the hallowed halls of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, guests might expect to find themselves enraptured by dinosaur skeletons, mesmerized by walls of butterfly and beetle displays, or have their breath taken away by award-winning nature photography. But, as a conservation intern, I focused my personal queries on the “yucky” stuff – unwelcome creepy crawlies, dust bunnies, and the powdery remains of historical vomit!

Archaeologists by trade are multi-disciplinary. Digging in the hot, dusty field in a foreign country and the lab of a world-renowned museum are both familiar aspects of work for an archaeologist. Early within my career, I’ve had the great privilege of working hands-on with remarkable objects, from identifying bones among co-mingled ossuary remains to restoring arrowheads and stone tools in a conservation lab.

Museum Studies Intern at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropolgy – Spring 2020

Author: Shirin Fozi

Assistant Professor, History of Art and Architecture