In late 2008 i completed my internship at the Marin History Museum, focusing on the move and re-housing of their Library and rare maps collection to a new location.
So far, 2009 has been a year of learning about exhibitions for me, through working on four different ones in the first six months. The first was for the class with Brianna Cutts as described elsewhere in this blog.
In February, I returned to the Legion of Honor with Discovery Audio and worked for 3 months from the opening to closing weekends of the Artistic Luxury show. Although only there in the capacity of a temporary staff member, some of the unexpected benefits included spending time with experienced curatorial staff; attending a one day conference of the 'Ancient Art Council'; and gaining further insights into the workings of an established museum.
Alongside that, I also worked in the same capacity at the Warhol Live exhibition at the de Young.
In May, I assisted Wendy Meluch of Visitor Studies Service on my first visitor evaluation project for the Exploratorium at Fort Mason. We interviewed a large sample of visitors about their experiences of the new outdoor exhibits there until early June.
Currently I am taking some time off for the early part of the Summer but looking to return to the fray with some interesting collections management-related work or internships later in the year while doing background reading for my Masters project of 09-10.
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