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Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

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Rachel Alschuler
Museum Education/ Visitor Experience
San Francisco CA
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Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

It's hard to choose a single museum, so I am going to mention two small museums.

The first being the Spartanburg Art Museum in Spartanburg, South Carolina. I volunteered there throughout my entire undergraduate career. The staff were incredibly kind and welcoming! I initially assisted with the front desk and moved on to assisting with their permanent collection  I learned the importance of the vitality of visitor interactions and perceptions about current and future exhibits. I also gained experience with deinstalling and installing exhibitions as well! My first real introduction into the field of collections! 

The second small museum I will mention is the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center in Gainesville, Florida. During my first year of graduate school at the University of Florida, I interned at the museum. I conducted exhibition research and co-curated Treasures from Africa at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center alongside two fellow Museum Studies classmates. We researched and displayed the collection of a local art collector. The exhibit featured Eastern and Western African wooden sculptures from the Ivory Coast, Tanzania, and Mozambique. In addition to prints by Margaret Taylor Burroughs and John Thomas Biggers. It was truly a wonderful experience! 

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

THe best museum I wasa volunteer Docent at is the "American Space Museum" in Titusville Florida. For a small museum they pack in a lot of space artifacts and have a daily Podcast called "Stay Curious" that is popuar with all. They are 10 miles from Kennedy Space Center and easy to visit while you are in town visiting a launch.

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

I wanted to mention one more museum, the Veterans Memorial Commission Museum in Cedar Rapids. 

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

I wanted to mention one more museum, the Veterans Memorial Commission Museum in Cedar Rapids. 

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

I wanted to mention one more museum, the Veterans Memorial Commission Museum in Cedar Rapids. 

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

I wanted to mention one more museum, the Veterans Memorial Commission Museum in Cedar Rapids. 

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Hello all!

The Backstreet Museum in New Orleans, Treme neighborhood, as well as the Petit Jazz Museum are both excellent. They both explore the music and culture of the city and specifically the neighborhood of Treme. The Backstreet focuses on street culture, Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs' second line culture, and Mardi Gras Indian culture. The Petite Jazz Museum focuses on music of the African Diaspora and transformative nature New Orleans' music traditions. Enjoy!

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

I am biased... but have to recommend the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos New Mexico.  I believe we do a good job of staying true to our mission, relevant to the unique artistic story of the region while hitting Local, National and International relevance.  We also have the renowned Agnes Martin Gallery designed by the artist herself.  Check is out https://harwoodmuseum.org/

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel

I'm definitely biased, but the museum that I volunteer for, the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs, is amazing. We're currently #8 in the nation on Trip Advisor attractions, and we're operated entirely by volunteers.

Our volunteers are what make our museum great. They're passionate about the subject and love talking to our guests about WWII and aviation in general.

We also have 29 operational WWII aircraft that we fly for the public every summer, so that helps.

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Crystal Ross

Volunteer & Membership  Coordinator

National Museum of World War II Aviation

Dear All

What is the best small museum you have visited or worked for?  I ask as someone who did there internship at a small museum. The museum is a medical history museum about the eye. I look forward to learning of places I do not now of yet.

Thanks,

Rachel