The goal of this blog is to provide a space for me to share my experiences working at a small historical society and the things I’ve learned about the museum field while pursuing my Master’s degree in Museum Studies. My experience working in museums stems from my 4 years at the Historical Society of Long Beach in Long Beach, CA. I began working as a catalog volunteer and transitioned into a full-time staff as the Gallery Coordinator. My duties were greeting visitors in the galleries, assisting researchers in the archives, training volunteers to catalog the collection into Past Perfect and properly store artifacts, managing rights and reproductions of the collection, assisting in program and exhibition development, and preparing and hanging exhibitions. I am currently working as a framing associate at The Framer’s Workshop in Berkeley, CA, known for their top notch archival framing services. I handle and custom frame fine art and historical artifacts on a daily basis--a great skill for any museum professional to have. I hope to use these skills and my newfound knowledge from JFKU classes to become a registrar or collections manager. I am interested in learning more about digital asset management systems (DAMS) and linked open data initiatives for access to museum collections. Since April 2016 I have managed the JFKU Museum Studies blog site. I have the pleasure of curating blog posts authored by current students, staff and alumni on a variety of topics related to museums around the world. Stay tuned for more posts about my experiences with volunteer management, event planning and project management, archival custom framing and other museum collections management related topics.
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ASHLEY FRANKS-MCGILLI will be updating this blog periodically with posts related to history, museums, collections and professional development. ARCHIVES
October 2017
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