MUSEUM STUDIES
Student View
Here we invite students to write informally about experiences they are having in our program. What has it meant to them? What has surprised them? What’s on their mind?
States of Incarceration: A National Dialogue of Local Histories
In the fall of 2016, ten UNCG Museum Studies masters candidates were tasked with connecting contemporary audiences to the history of chain gangs in North Carolina. I consider myself fortunate enough to be counted among these ten individuals...
NCPH 2013 Student Project Award: Learning from community
In the face of significant social and economic constraints, a tightly-knit, self-reliant community developed in Terra Cotta, a segregated company town located a few miles west of downtown Greensboro, North Carolina...
Connecting with the Community by Felicia Lowrance
When you move into a new town for graduate school, you know the time there will be short and you wonder if you will really get to know the town. However, the time that you have there depends on what you do while in the community...
Lobby Day 2010 by Claire Keane
As a student in the Preservation Law and Planning (IAR 625) course, I had the irreplaceable opportunity to travel to Washington, DC and lobby for historic preservation...
Building Confidence through Experience by Ashley Boycher
No matter how important and relevant they seem, the ideas and theories taught in the classroom never perfectly align with issues and real practices in the working world...
Making Friends by Lisa Zevorich
I've always been a little apprehensive about oral history. Before coming to UNCG, I had only conducted one...
Milling Around by Rachel Miller
Over fall break four interior architecture students and two history students studying in the historic preservation program traveled to Louisburg,...
Not Your Usual Spring Break in New Orleans by Sarah Parris
During UNCG's spring break, twelve graduate students from both the History and Interior Architecture Departments traveled to New Orleans. Our class set out...
Hands on Exhibit-Building by Jessica Armstrong
This semester in History 627--Museum and Historic Site Interpretation: Principles and Practice--my class is working on an exhibit about the ...
Power and the Party Planner by Amanda Wade
This fall, I collaborated with the Greensboro Historical Museum to design an exhibit on First Lady Dolley Madison for their temporary exhibit space. Dolley Madison is more than a snack cake...
Theory...and the People Who Love It by Brittany Lewis
I like museum theory. On the one hand, it's so practical and obvious, and on the other hand, actually enlightening...
Constructing the Past — with Power Tools by Christina Rodriguez
When I began the Public History Program in the fall of 2005, I was more concerned about my internship than anything else. I had never even looked for or applied for...
A Student's Survival Guide to Managing Group Projects by Laura Lawfer
I have always dreaded group projects because it has always felt like I was the only member of my group committed to doing work. When I came to...
Finding My Place by Hayley Chambers
One of the requirements for an M.A. in Public History is HIS 709: Introductory Research Seminar. The class is designed to teach us how to use and analyze methods for conducting historical research...
