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Garst Museum announces partnership with Wright State


Pictured: Noel Rihm, Wright State University Student

3/3/2011

The Garst Museum is pleased to announce that they have entered into a partnership with Wright State University’s Public History Program.

Dr. Johnson of the Garst Museum stated, “WSU’s History Department offers a Master of Arts program for students that are interested in pursuing a career in the museum or archives profession. Part of the student’s program of study includes hands-on training under the direction of a public history professional.

“The Garst Museum will provide students with ongoing opportunities for short and long-term projects and internships. Students will gain experience in exhibit research, design, construction, and promotion, historical research, curator asset management, collections management, collections care, and archives, museum, and records management.”

Dawne Dewey, WSU’s Public History Director, is “very pleased that our students will have the opportunity to work with the Garst Museum and gain real world experience. The Garst Museum joins an extensive network of local and regional archives, museums, and historical organizations that support WSU’s program. Community partnerships are vital to the program’s mission to train professionals for the public history field.”

Garst Museum’s first WSU student is Noel Rihm. The museum recently received grant funding from the Ketrow Foundation, Schaurer Memorial Trust, and the Dayton Foundation to create a permanent exhibit interpreting Darke County’s Longtown Settlement. Noel’s project will be to perform the exhibit’s research and assist in its design, construction, and promotion. The Longtown exhibit’s completion is planned for the summer of 2011.


 
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