Anthropology: Museum Studies

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Bondurant - Oral Histories of Summerfest and the Farmers Cooperative

Published
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Academic year
2023-2024
Partner

Students in a the class Museums, Folklife and Community Curation" interviewed residents about Bondurant's history and also its current culture, focusing on Summerfest and Farmers Cooperative. 

Library Visit

Webster City - Activating Webster City's Literary History and Kendall Young Library

Published
Friday, December 27, 2019
Academic year
2018-2019
Partner

Students in the course Museums in a Digital World developed social media and digital engagements based on the special collections of the Kendall Young Library.

Edgewood Museum site visit

Edgewood Historical Museum Project

Published
Friday, September 2, 2016
Academic year
2016-2017

In a report to The Edgewood Museum Corporation, students in Heidi Lung's "Museums in the Digital Age" class recommended appropriate methods to digitize historical artifacts for a new community museum and developed a comprehensive communications plan for the organization.