During this internship I worked on two special events held at the museum, coincidently on the same day with about a half hour in between them. For the two different events I collaborated with different members of the Education Department to develop content for them. The first event of the day was a Sensory FriendlyContinue reading “Special Events”
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Greeting Groups and Working with the Public
What really interested me in working in the Education Department at the MSU Museum was the idea of working with the public. I liked the idea of creating a dialogue with the visitors. I did this through multiple avenues, I lead group visits and orientations, I worked special events, and I also trained a newContinue reading “Greeting Groups and Working with the Public”
Behind the Scenes Work
Most of the work that I did for this internship was office work that supported bigger events. Early on in the internship I participated in developing content for the Dino Dash and Fossil Day that happens every October at the museum. This day was led by Nick Van Acker, who works on a lot ofContinue reading “Behind the Scenes Work”
Data Collecting
Interspersed with my work on bigger projects (Gallery box, Museum Classroom, etc) I worked on several smaller projects. One was data collecting. I did two versions of this. I worked with the head of the Education Department, Dr. Denice Blair, to create a qualtrics survey to send to teachers (K-12 and College Level) after theyContinue reading “Data Collecting”
Museum Classroom
Another, really cool project that I got the chance to work on during this internship was a Museum Classroom. The Education Department at the Museum partnered with an elementary school in Lansing to design and construct a museum in the school. One of the reasons that we worked on this project was as a formContinue reading “Museum Classroom”
Teaching General Stores
One of the projects that I worked on during my internship with the MSU Museum is a gallery kit about the General Store in the Heritage Hall. This was an interesting project because I got the chance to create a specific set of programming for a gallery that doesn’t currently have anything. I wanted toContinue reading “Teaching General Stores”
Museum Musings 