by HCAH | Jul 29, 2019 | Humanities Internship, Student Arts, Summer Programs, Uncategorized |
Alyssa Kerper ’20 shares highlights from her experience interning in the Publications Department at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
by HCAH | Jul 19, 2019 | Humanities Internship, Summer Programs, Uncategorized |
Cameron Albrecht ’20 creates a digital exhibit about the friendship between American folk singer Phil Ochs and Chilean folk singer Victor Jara.
by HCAH | Jul 8, 2019 | Humanities Internship, Research Fellowship, Student Arts, Summer Programs, Uncategorized |
Olive Guerra BMC ’19 researches the history of la tuta, the Italian Futurist predecessor of the contemporary jumpsuit.
by HCAH | Jul 3, 2019 | Humanities Internship, Student Arts, Summer Programs |
Leila Breen ’20 tackles 3-D printing tactile models of artifacts.
by Nhi Nguyen '18 | Jun 14, 2016 | Humanities Internship |
When I was in 9th grade, I visited the Penn Museum for the first time and it changed my life. It sparked my interest in Anthropology and a desire to one day work in a museum. The museum has a vast collection of objects, the amount unheard of for a University Museum. 6 years later and I’m now interning at the museum in two separate departments: the Learning Programs Department whose main focus is the K-12 audience, and the Public Programs Department who focuses on the general population. Both are two separate entities but both focus on public engagement and teaching, 2 pillars of the museum’s mission statement. I knew I wanted to work somewhere in museum education in the future, so being able to intern in both departments was a perfect fit! In the Learning Programs Department, I work under Kevin Schott, the Guide Programs Manager, and Allyson Mitchell, the Outreach Programs Manager both of which who are so great and amazing. Kevin is the person I go to whenever I’m confused, 10/10 times he has had answers for me. The department has several other people who are all museum educators and work on different aspects in the department. I am so grateful to be able to work alongside them since they are some of the nicest and most welcoming people I have ever met! The first day of work, over 400 kids came into the museum, all around the same time, and it was the most organized chaos I have ever seen. Everyone in the department was calm and handled all of the hyper kids with ease...
