Museums all have a similar goal: to preserve stories of history while educating and inspiring. This summer we all took on roles in museums, yet each of us had different experiences. Molly, while working at the Frances Perkins Center in Maine, helped elevate the story of the first female presidential cabinet member by preserving her homestead and educating the public. Sarah cataloged the archives of the Rockport Art Association and Museum in Massachusetts, which held information about one of the oldest art colonies in the United States. In Connecticut, Lydia took on a variety of roles at the Barnes Museum, primarily focusing on cataloging one of the largest personal goblet collections in the United States. At the Leather Archives & Museum in Chicago, Lilianna conducted interviews and processed archives preserving LGBT+ leather and kink culture. All of our experiences highlight how diverse yet connected the museum world is.

Moderator: Anna Maria Hong, Associate Professor of English

• Goblets Galore: Archiving, Preserving, and Researching in a Small Museum Environment
  Lydia Holleck ’25 Art History & Geography major
• One Archive, One Community’s Art History
  Sarah Nealon ’25 English major, Nexus in Museums, Archives, and Public history
• Building and Achieving a Dream Internship
  Lilianna Kelly ’25 Psychology & Gender Studies double major
• Unexpecting the Expected: My Experiences at the Frances Perkins Center
  Molly Rogan ’25 History major, Museum Studies, Archives, Public Histories minor