Due to my focus in anthropology, I probably see myself working in a cultural history museum, most likely in research and collections. When thinking about what I want to do in a museum environment, I think about the things which drew me into anthropology in the first place. One of the things which really got…
Read MoreThis week’s question asks how Natural history museums differ from other types of museums. As we covered in the first part of the the semester, what exactly classifies a museum is not a rigidly defined set of guidelines and a wide range of institutions can be classified as museums despite differences in size, focus and…
Read MoreI do not have a lot of personal experiences with museums as a patron, with much of my museum going experiences being as a tourist, with examples including the corning museum of glass and the New York Spyscape Museum, which I saw on a family trip when I was still in high school. While I…
Read MoreHello my name is Korovin Ellis, I’m an archaeology grad student here at the University of Fairbanks. I’m currently working on my master’s thesis, performing a debitage analysis for the Hollembaek Site here in the Interior. I have no prior experience with Museums Studies, Though I did do some survey work for the Musesum of…
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