Amanda Flavin, a senior in the anthropology program with a museum studies minor, envisions a future that includes working for the Field Museum in Chicago. In the meantime, she is archiving collections, verifying the inventory lists of the current collections to the corresponding catalog card, and helping put together and exhibit that will open in late November, as part of her current internship with the History Museum on the Square, Springfield, Missouri, for her minor. She recently worked on the museum’s annual fundraisers. The first was held in September to unveil the new Fox Theater sign, and the second was The Haunted Tours in October. She credits anthropology professor, Dr. Elizabeth Sobel, for putting her in touch with the museum.
“I couldn’t be happier that I got this opportunity to work with Joan Hampton-Porter, and the staff at the museum. This internship has already helped me narrow down my interests to exhibit set up, and object conservation,” says Amanda. She hopes the experience she has gained from this internship will help her get another internship in the spring of 2015 that will further her skills in museum work.
The History Museum on the Square has two upcoming exhibits: Windows at the Fox and Then and Now: Downtown for Christmas. Both exhibits open in November.Amanda will graduate in May, and hopes to take a year or two off before she pursues a Master’s degree.