January 2025 - present

- Planning, hosting, and facilitating meetings and workshops for new conservation professionals in the Twin Cities area.

- Helping coordinate and schedule lab tours and site visits to local conservation labs, archives, and libraries to meet with professionals in the field.

January 2024 - present

- Educating guests, families, and school groups on land preservation and stewardship, natural history, and encouraging guests in their exploration of the museum’s resources through interpretive learning methods. 

- Organizing and leading activities for 150+ guests per day including exhibition demonstrations and facilitating conversations about natural history, conservation, and museum practices. 

- Planning and executing tasks concerning guest satisfaction, collections and exhibit safety, overseeing daily scheduling for 3-5 staff members organized around event schedules, and live animal exhibit care and maintenance.

September 2024 - December 2024

- Handled, cared for, and helped create conservation plans for a variety of objects with various needs, timelines, and purposes, including work in labs and at field satellite locations.

- Worked with a variety of mediums including iron, silver, copper, glass, leather, and paper and using both physical and chemical processes to advance the goals of each project. 

- Gained and exercised an understanding of factors of deterioration and conservation techniques, as well as updating file information for accessioned objects and creating a pamphlet for public use on the care, handling, and preservation of paintings.

June 2023 - August 2024 

- Handled vulnerable art pieces professionally and practiced methods and procedures of identification, object care, photography, documentation, housing, and preservation of paper based works. 

- Performed wet and dry surface cleaning, steaming, pressing, and washing different paper mediums based on goals for the project and state of the material.

- Worked under minimal supervision to complete a 200+ loose page, 30+ book contract involving cleaning, assessing, staple and pin removal, and enclosure building for compromised and water damaged historically and religiously important volumes. 

June 2024 - July 2024

- Assessed condition, cleaned, and wax sealed of bronze, stone, and mixed media outdoor sculptures and educated the public on the need for preventative conservation measures. 

- Independently handled, unpacked, assessed, stored, and drafted reports on paintings and sculptures on loan to the museum of varying sizes, mediums, and vulnerabilities. Prepared frames and art pieces for exhibition.

- Researched loan, auction, and purchase history of acquired works, and streamlined artist and loan contracts for upcoming exhibitions. 

October 2023 - May 2024 

- Participated in discussions and planned efforts of repatriation and decolonization of art pieces and museums, as well as forged connections with diverse audiences and artists. 

- Worked with the events team to plan and execute events to support student and public interest in museum events, community connection roundtables, and art showcases.

September 2024 - December 2024 

- Received training on the proper handling, documentation, cataloguing, and storing of an extensive collection of 4th century BC pottery sherds from Akhmim, Egypt stewarded by the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. 

- Extensive handling, cross referencing digital data and physical markers, cataloguing, and storing 100 sherds of various handling and storage needs. 

September 2024 - December 2024 

- Conducted archival research and synthesis to be paired with archaeological discoveries in the pursuit of applying for the MN Capitol Mall designated a historical district with the National Register. 

- Completed independent research through database, book, census, and microfiche sources to compile notable events, places, and populations present in this district, their relation to the objects uncovered, and their larger impact on the history of Minnesota.