Category: Internships

This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Abbie Hughes (’27) tells us about her internship experiences at the Burke Museum. Can you provide a brief introduction of yourself, what you did, and what you were looking to accomplish with this specific internship opportunity? My name is Abbie Hughes, and I am a first-year graduate student in the MA in Museology program. I am a current intern with the Youth & Family Programs department at the Burke…

This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Rachel Bufalino (’27) tells us about their internship experience at Henry Art Gallery. Hey, I’m Rachel, a first-year museology student. This quarter, I was a Collections Intern for the Henry Art Gallery. Mainly, I helped inventory the Henry’s on and off-site storage. Before this internship, I had helped a small history museum organize and digitize its collections. That experience gave me knowledge that informed the decisions I made…

This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Nicole Román Abreu (’27) tells us about her internship experiences at Base Camp Studios and Edmonds Historical Museum. Can you provide a brief introduction of yourself, what you did, and what you were looking to accomplish with this specific internship opportunity? Additionally, what did you bring to the table that your host site was looking for? Hi! My name is Nicole Román Abreu, and over Winter Quarter I…

This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Sandy King (’26) tells us about her internship experience at Densho. Can you provide a brief introduction of yourself, what you did, and what you were looking to accomplish with this specific internship opportunity? Additionally, what did you bring to the table that your host site was looking for?  My name is Sandy and I am a first-year student in the Museology program. I am a photography professional…

This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Karino Wada (’26) tells us about her internship experience at Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation. Can you provide a brief introduction of yourself, what you did, and what you were looking to accomplish with this specific internship opportunity? Additionally, what did you bring to the table that your host site was looking for?  My name is Karino Wada, in the Museology 2026 cohort. I was…

This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Emma Blankenship (’27) tells us about her internship experience at the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington. Can you provide a brief introduction of yourself, what you did, and what you were looking to accomplish with this specific internship opportunity? Additionally, what did you bring to the table that your host site was looking for?  I am a first-year Museology student with a B.A. in History from…

This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Anya Lord (’26) about her internship experience at the Holocaust Center for Humanity. My name is Anya Lord, and I use she/her pronouns. I have my bachelor’s in Art History with minors in History and Educational Studies from Carleton College, and I am originally from the East Coast. I am now in my second year of the Museology program and completing the Evaluation Specialization! Earlier this…

This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Zhiyue Chen (’26) about her internship experience at the Woodland Park Zoo. When I first joined Woodland Park Zoo as a data collector, I didn’t imagine that holding an iPad in the summer sun could teach me so much about empathy, evaluation, and people. As a second-year Museology student passionate about evaluation, I’ve always been fascinated by how museums and cultural spaces can collect meaningful…

This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Abigail Watson (’26) tells us about her internship experience at the Edmonds Historical Museum. The Vastness of Small Museums I am a second year Museology student at the University of Washington, and I recently completed my internship at the Edmonds Historical Museum. I sought out an internship with Edmonds for a few reasons; I wanted to get hands-on experience working in a museum’s collection space, I wanted to…

This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Grace Vallecillo-Drews (’26) about her internship experience at the Gallery B612. What organization are you interning with and what do you do in your internship? I have been interning at Gallery B612 since January of this year! I started doing mostly education and program/workshop planning along with some registrar duties. However, it’s a very small team, so my role also encompasses everything from curation &…