Throughout the Spring 2025 semester (and the latter half of the Fall 2024 semester as well), I had the privilege of aiding in developing further research and exhibition of the story of a company headquartered in Cleveland through my work as a Corporate Heritage Project Manager at the Western Reserve Historical Society. In October 2024,…
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Odds and Ends at the Cuyahoga County Archives
My internship for Spring 2025 was at the Cuyahoga County Archives. I had previous experience at the Archives during my Summer 2024 internship with the Italian American Museum of Cleveland, when I completed many hours of property research there. In doing a few hours of research at the County Archives weekly, I found the atmosphere…
Are We There Yet? Featured at the Reinberger Gallery
The Cleveland Institute of Art is home to the Reinberger Gallery, located on the first floor of the institution. The Reinberger Gallery resides at 11610 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The gallery is open to the public the whole week, Monday-Thursday 10-5 pm. Friday 10-9 pm, and Saturday and Sunday 12-5 pm. The Reinberger Gallery…
Interning in a Pandemic: My Experiences at The Cleveland History Center
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Semester at the International Women’s Air and Space Museum
The International Women’s Air and Space Museum (IWASM), located inside Burke Lakefront Airport, is a hidden gem that adds to the richness of the city of Cleveland. I completed my internship there this past spring semester. This museum accomplishes an overwhelming feat by having information and exhibits on over 6000 women from the aviation and…