By Allison Baker, IUPUI Museum Studies MA student and Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Curatorial Fellow The home, built in 1874, belonged to one of only 46 presidents in the history of the United States. What a privilege – to walk the halls that Benjamin Harrison once walked. I have had the incredible opportunity to roam …
Read MoreBy Kelly Pendleton, IUPUI Museum Studies MA student On my second day as the Collections Fellow at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, I was let loose, alone, in one of the museum vaults to work on organizing the museum’s 350 plus 2-D art collection as well as updating and correcting their records in the museums internal …
Read MoreBy Madeline Baker, IUPUI Museum Studies MA student If you had told any museum professional at the beginning of 2020 that they might go more than a year without seeing their colleagues consistently face to face, they would look at you like you were crazy. Well…here we are at the start of 2021, Zoom stock …
Read MoreBy Josef Renton, IUPUI Museum Studies MA student When I think back on my internship from this past summer the first thing that comes to my mind is calm chaos. I feel this oxymoronic phrase is a great summation of how these past few summer months have been. I feel like each day there was …
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As an Evaluations and Exhibit Development Fellow at the Indianapolis Zoo, I do a lot of writing. I write signs for Zoo exhibits, materials for the Zoo magazine, and evaluation tools like surveys. The words I use are important to how guests perceive the Zoo’s animals. Often, when I’m tasked with writing about an animal, …
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Anyone who has met me for more than five minutes knows that I love music. I’m the guy who always wears black band shirts to class, decorates his room with band posters, and whose “fun fact” during icebreakers is that he can play the saxophone and guitar. Starting in 5th grade, my life became defined …
Read MoreAs I was sitting down to write this blog post, I had no clue what to write about. Finishing classes and an internship in a time when the world is shut down has left me in a reflective and confused state. Off the top of my head I could not think of any earthshattering moments …
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