students researching, preserving, and promoting cultural heritage
During the Spring 2014 semester, I interned at Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, or Centro as it is locally known. My role was to conduct research, document artifacts, organize documents, and to put together exhibits and keep them organized. This report will discuss Centro’s history, the museum and the community, and a few roles I… Continue Reading Brittini Molinar, Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos
This semester, I interned at Austin Auction And Gallery. During the time I have worked for Austin Auction, I had many responsibilities that have enriched my work experience. My interest in fine art, antiques, and artifacts helped in my decision to choose this internship. The auction house is an incredible place in which I was… Continue Reading Mallory Love, Austin Auctions & Gallery
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
Over the Fall 2013 semester I interned with Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera, translated into English as Austin so close to the border. ATCF is a small NGO formerly part of the larger organization the American Friends Service committee. They focus on issues at the border and seek to educate the Austin community about… Continue Reading Alexandra Cloyd, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera
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