cataloging, conserving, storing, researching, interpreting, and exhibiting culture
Since its inception in the early 20th century, the Witte Museum has been the product of organized community effort. In the early 1920s, the city of San Antonio was growing but lacked persons of sufficient wealth to provide the money needed to open a museum. In the first half of the decade, a diverse group… Continue Reading Zoe Heinsohn, The Witte Museum
During the spring 2014 semester, I completed an internship in the archaeological division of the Texas Historical Commission. I had many projects, such as helping to check the artifact database of the La Belle, one of the ships that was a part of La Salle’s ill fated colony; clearing brush at a newly-discovered, Nineteenth-Century cemetery… Continue Reading Anna Schauteet, Texas Historical Commission – Archaeology Division
During the Spring semester of 2013, I interned at El Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos. Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos was a dream that Mrs. Ofelia Trinidad Vasquez Philo (Hereafter Mrs. Philo) had for more than 30 years before she finally obtained the old Southside Elementary School Building. She grew up in the… Continue Reading Erin Wolter, El Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos
I completed an internship at The Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) during the spring of 2013. I decided to complete an internship at CAS because I am very interested in curation, more specifically curating archaeological artifacts. Since CAS is an archaeological repository this seemed like a perfect fit. My interest in curating archaeological artifacts stems… Continue Reading Emmalee Miller, Center for Archaeological Studies
Archaeological collection management is a subfield of archaeology that focuses on preserving, organizing and maintaining archaeological collections. I decided to take my first steps into the field of archaeological collections management by interning at The Gault School of Archaeological Research (GSAR). My internship with the GSAR lasted from June 2012 until May 2013. Fauna is… Continue Reading Megan Grabowski, The Gault Archaeological Project