internships behind the scenes, planning/mounting exhibits and maintaining collections
Internship Report of the Marine Archaeology Department at the Texas Historical Commission Texas Historical Commission & The Texas Navy Association My research began when my internship supervisor, State Marine Archaeologist Amy Borgens, attended a lunch meeting with a member of the Texas Navy Association, who posed a question on the origins of an eighteen pounder… Continue Reading Amber Cabading, Texas Historical Commission
My name is Theodore Kmiec and I am an Anthropology of Science Major and a Geography minor at Texas State University. In the spring of 2016, I conducted my internship at the Center of Archaeological Studies at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. I was an intern under Amy Reid, who is the Collections… Continue Reading Theodore Kmiec, Center of Archaeological Studies at Texas State
Introduction The following report details my time as a collections intern at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, Texas. During my three-month long stay at the Witte, I worked under the guidance of Stephanie Prichard, Registrar; Leslie Ochoa, Collections Manager; and Amy Fulkerson, Chief Curator. I was lucky enough to have started my internship during… Continue Reading Emily Taner, Witte Museum
The San Antonio Museum of Art was once a brewery and is a beautiful place for art. There are huge open halls and large windows which give the museum a sense of grandeur. It is easy, however, to get lost without the aid of a map. The collections obtained over the years are beautifully displayed.… Continue Reading Brittany Gilcrease, The San Antonio Museum of Art