As a result of the pandemic of 2020 I, like many others spent many days at home for close to an entire year. While I was home I waited for the day when some announcement would be made that the quarantine had worked, but that day never really came. Given the circumstances it was difficult…
Preserving Historic Textiles
Textiles reflect culture and history. They reveal the nuances of their time through fiber, color, and pattern. Reading a textile can be as informative as reading a history book. I am drawn to textiles for their power to tell a story, for their ability to transport the viewer to a distant time or reality as…
Baseball Heritage Museum
This past summer and fall, I completed my internship at the Baseball Heritage Museum. This was a fantastic year for the museum, especially with Cleveland hosting the all-star game. The all-star game really put the museum in the spotlight for all to see. I got to work with amazing artifacts dealing with Baseball history. The…
Community Engagement Through the Crooked River: My Internship Experience at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park
As I grew up I always had the opportunity to access green space and parks. My mom’s side of the family are descendants of the “Wandervogel” movement, a social movement in Germany that aimed to bring individuals back to nature. My grandma, born in 1941, always told stories of my great grandfather on hiking expeditions…
Curation and Exhibit Design Internship at the Broadview Heights Historical Society
I spent my fall semester as a history intern at the Broadview Heights Historical Society under their president Candy Korn. My focus was to curate artifacts and write didactic material for those artifacts that would be displayed in the BHHS’s permanent home, a renovated historical building of the former Veterans Administration Hospital. Candy and I…
Bringing History to Life: Working as a Park Ranger at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site
Over the past six months, I have been working as a Park Ranger at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site located in Mentor Ohio. The National Historic Site was designated as a National Park in 1980. Since then the site has been dedicated to preserving the life and legacy of our nation’s 20th president…
My Semester as a Curatorial Intern
I began my photography curatorial internship at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in August of 2018. Founded in 1913, the museum strives to help the broadest possible audience understand and engage with the world’s great art while honoring the highest aesthetic, intellectual, and professional standards. Having worked for the museum’s Visitor Experience department for…
Working at the Archives
I’ve been working at the Cuyahoga County Archives over the summer. It’s an important place, as all archives are. Whether it’s a private organization or part of a government, many groups go through hundreds of thousands of documents every single day. Many of them tend to be too important to throw away, but not important…
Adventures with a Curator: Learning the Job with the Costume and Textiles Curator at WRHS
Over the past few months, I have been working with Patty Edmonson, the Museum Advisory Council Curator of Costume & Textiles at the Cleveland History Center, the Western Reserve Historical Society’s University Circle location. This has proved to be one of the best internships I have ever had; this is my third with the Western…
