cataloging, conserving, storing, researching, interpreting, and exhibiting culture
Last summer I interned at Museo de las Americas (Latin America Museum) in Denver, Colorado. I had the opportunity to assist all staff in their departments: Education, Public Relations, Grant Writing, and Collections. In the second week of my internship, after they found out that my interests truly lay in Collections and that I had… Continue Reading Amelia Dall, Museo de las Americas
How Texas is Curated During the Summer 2015 semester I completed an internship with the Texas Historical Commission in Austin Texas. The internship included work with the La Belle shipwreck project at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum, research on various state SHPO (state historic preservation offices) and their curation/ archaeological requirements, and working on… Continue Reading Cory Glenn, Texas Historical Commission
INTERNSHIP WITH THE WITTE MUSEUM This final report outlines in detail my three-month internship during the fall of 2015 at the Witte Museum in San Antonio with their curator of Anthropology and Health, Dr. Bryan Bayles. I participated in museum meetings, helped collect research for an academic essay, observed museum programs for kids, and cataloged.… Continue Reading Victoria Lanas, the Witte Museum
Repository Experiences at CAS The Students at CAS usually sit on lab tables covered in protective paper hunched over boxes of lithics while sorting through debitage and projectile points. When their not getting their fingers covered in grime, one can find them typing away, entering numerous artifacts in Pastperfect, a museum cataloging software. In addition,… Continue Reading Priscilla Ortiz, Center for Archaeological Studies
In the fall of 2015, I worked as an intern at the Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) at Texas State. I chose to intern at the CAS to learn how to curate archaeological materials and to develop skills that will help to pursue a career in the archaeological field. I was under the supervision of… Continue Reading Joshua Flores-Manges, Center for Archaeological Studies