Project by Erin Cote (2019)聽
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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,聽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…
Community Spotlight – Renton History Museum
Author:聽Sarah Samson, Renton History Museum Curator of Collections & Exhibitions, Museology class of 2005 鈥淔ull-circle.鈥� 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…
鈥淒oing Work for the People that I Love鈥� 鈥� Josephine Lee (Alumni Spotlight)
Josie Lee (Class of 2013) has her dream job. As Director of the new Ho-Chunk Nation Museum and Cultural Center (opening Summer 2019), Josie puts her Museology degree to use 鈥渄oing work for the people that I love, utilizing culture, language, traditions, community, and environment all wrapped into one.鈥� In fact, Josie鈥檚 desire to serve her community is what initially inspired her to pursue a degree in Museology. She says, 鈥渨hen I started out, I had an idea that I…