students researching, preserving, and promoting cultural heritage
This report details my three month internship at the National Park Service working with the Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) program. Through the Student Conservation Association, I accepted the position as Volunteer Coordinator Assistant as an AmeriCorps intern. The internship position was created in order to help with the “administration, growth, development, and promotion of the park’s struggling… Continue Reading Kelsey Brandt, National Parks Service
Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos (Hispanic Cultural Center of San Marcos) was founded in 2010 to give the Mexican American community a space to celebrate their culture and venerate their heritage. The mission of non-profit Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, hereafter referred to as Centro Cultural, is to serve the community in “the preservation,… Continue Reading Jeniffer Guajardo, Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos
It’s 10 a.m. on a Wednesday morning at The Witte Museum. Three interns steer a pallet of supplies through a hive of activity. Excited children climb inside a gigantic nose after listening to a short explanation on the purpose of nasal mucus. As the interns pass a group of uncomfortable fathers, their young sons activate… Continue Reading Ben Laurence, Kelly Scott, and Stefan Barker; The Witte Museum
I chose to complete my internship at the Texas Historical Commission in Austin, Texas to learn as much about the curation process as possible and try to do a little bit of everything. I learned from hands on experience about the steps necessary in the field to facilitate curation and how to create artifact inventories,… Continue Reading Amanda Franklin, Texas Historical Commission – Archaeology Division
View the full report here. In the spring of 2014, I interned at the Curation Lab of the Historic Sites Division of the Texas Historical Commission (THC). I chose this internship to learn more about historical archaeology and the curation of archaeological materials, aspects of archaeology with which I had only rudimentary experience through textbooks.… Continue Reading Matt Larsen, Texas Historical Commission – Historic Sites Division