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"I started the UMSL Museum Studies program in 2002.  My internship at the St. Louis Science Center in their Community Science Department strengthened my studies by enabling me to connect practice with theory.  My M.A. project, Globe Garden, in concert with the Youth Exploring Science program, allowed me to create my own youth program linking kids in St. Louis and Nairobi, Kenya.  Before graduation, I was offered a position as Community Science Manager."

-Holly Hughes, St. Louis Science Center

 

"I have recently joined the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum as Executive Director.  The Museum is in the midst of making major changes to the interpretation of its sites, preserving its historic buildings, and developing education and fundraising programs.  The job is challenging, but that makes it both exciting and rewarding."

-Regina Faden, Ph.D., Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum

 

"I'm the Staffing Specialist at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul.  Working in the Human Resources department of a large (500+ employees) museum, I'm involved in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring staff and interns for all museum departments.  In an average day I'll talk to everyone from an Exhibit Developer to a Visitor Studies Evaluator to a Kids Camp Coordinator.   Consequently, the UMSL program structure of both theory and practice-based classes in all aspects of museology has been an enormous benefit to me.   I'm constantly applying information from classes and projects to 'real world situations' at work. "

-Brenda Erikson, Science Museum of Minnesota

 

"Right after finishing my MA at UMSL, I was hired as the Interpretive Services Manager at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. I developed the interpretive plan for the new 150,000 square foot museum.  I run the Exhibit Guide and Youth Docent programs, and developed a 20-week training program for 150 volunteers. I also run an internship program with Northern Kentucky University in which students research and present historical first-person characters in the Freedom Center."

-Chris Shires, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center