Portfolio of a Traveling Museologist

Presenting at AIM Presenting alongside my partner Catherine Harmon at the 2014 Assocation of Indiana Museums Annual Conference	Experience in Large Museums I've worked for a number of years as both a volunteer and intern at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. Credit: Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution.	Experience in Small Museums I also have experience in small museums, like my internship at the Masonic Library and Museum of Indiana in 2014.	Collections and Registration Focused My passion is maintaining and organizing museum collections. By doing so, I help the museum protect and utilize their collections in order to better serve their audiences. Credit: Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution.
Traveling the Globe I travel around the country and around the globe visiting museums and sites to broaden my museum knowledge. Visiting an archaeological site, Mukawer in Jordan, 2015.	Collections Care Fair Assisting Claire Hoevel, the IMA's senior paper conservator, at the Collections Care Fair, hosted by the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, April 5, 2014.	Community Outreach Cleaning taxidermy at Eagle Creek Park, Ornithology Center, 2014. One of many community outreach projects I have been involved in.

My Mission

Nicknamed the “Traveling Museologist”, I use my life and travel experiences to shape my knowledge in the museum field. I synthesize these sources to bring better ways of thinking to organize collections so that others may learn from them.

My Values

As a museum professional, I believe in:

Collaboration

Collaboration between museum collections and the groups they represent are critical

Accessibility

Collections should be made accessible to the public (including but not limited to) through research requests, collections tours, online collections, and objects on display

To uphold the collections policy and protect the collection from harm and misuse from the environment, people, and institutions

Protection

Continuous Learning

Continuous learning and growth through conferences, seminars, workshops, and recent literature are necessary for the continued preservation of collections

Presenting at AIM

Presenting alongside my partner Catherine Harmon at the 2014 Assocation of Indiana Museums Annual Conference

Experience in Large Museums

I've worked for a number of years as both a volunteer and intern at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. Credit: Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution.

Experience in Small Museums

I also have experience in small museums, like my internship at the Masonic Library and Museum of Indiana in 2014.

Collections and Registration Focused

My passion is maintaining and organizing museum collections. By doing so, I help the museum protect and utilize their collections in order to better serve their audiences. Credit: Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution.

Traveling the Globe

I travel around the country and around the globe visiting museums and sites to broaden my museum knowledge. Visiting an archaeological site, Mukawer in Jordan, 2015.

Collections Care Fair

Assisting Claire Hoevel, the IMA's senior paper conservator, at the Collections Care Fair, hosted by the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, April 5, 2014.

Community Outreach