MARGARET SMITH
Museum professional with over 5 years of experience and advanced degrees in History, Education and Museum Studies. I have for collections, archives and all things artifacts. I hope to work in the collections field helping not only to preserve artifacts, but to repatriate problematic artifacts to their rightful owners.
Experience
Seasoned museum professional ready to start a new journey working with museum collections.
August 2024- Present
Collections Intern, Masonic Library and Museum of Indiana
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Cataloguing including taking photos and scanning documents
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Research on Famous Masons and Masonry
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Exhibits
August 2023- Present
Collections Associate and Director of Educational Programing, Wayne County Historical Museum
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Create permanent homes for the museum’s extensive collection according to national museum standards and teach interns and volunteers how to build boxes
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Help curate exhibits, including the Seara Burton Memorial Exhibit and the 2024 Signature Exhibit
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Catalog the museum’s extensive collection and responsible for the physical application of accession numbers on artifacts
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Administration work
June 2019- August 2023
Educational Outreach and Programs Manager, Wayne County Historical Museum
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Developed and ran educational programs for all ages and matched educational programs with Indiana State Standards
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Lead tours for adults and school children
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Coordinated and managed volunteers and interns and managed Programs committee
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Directed Summer Camp for children ages 8-13 (2020-2024)
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Assisted with collections and exhibits
July 2018-December 2018
Volunteer, Levi and Catharine Coffin Historic Site
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Led tours explaining the roles of Catharine and Levi Coffin on the Underground Railroad
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Provided excellent customer service, welcoming guests and assisting them in the gift shop
May 2014- May 2015
Student Worker, Earlham Archives and Special Collections
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Processed old documents about Quakers in Indiana
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Work in cold storage with invaluable books
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Helped patrons find books for their research about their Quaker ancestry, reshelved books according to the Dewey Decimal System, and worked on various projects
Education
2023-Present
Master of Museum Studies
Indiana University Indianapolis
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Straight A Student
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Collections Focus including Preventive Conservation training
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Library Science and Archives Electives/ Public History Electives
2018-2019
Master of Education
Earlham College
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Straight A Student
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Informal Education in museums
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Created faux lesson plans/ Learned State Standards
2011-2015
BA History
Earlham College
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US and European History Focus