Museum Science

Heritage and Museum Sciences (HMS) students participated in the 2024 Mountain-Plains Museum Association Conference, held in Bismarck, North Dakota. The students presented posters showcasing their innovative research on various aspects of museum collections research and conservation practices.

Title of Posters

• Comparing Purchased and In-house Made Archival Grade Hangers for Clothing Storage, Anna Loehrer
• Recycle Your Blueboard Scraps!, Hannah Hill
• Utilizing OCR Technology to Associate Documentation with Disassociated Objects, Hannah Hill
• Caring for Works of African Art Made of Wood and Metal, Kaiti Fortenberry
• How to Tell a Cohesive Story in a Smaller Gallery Space, Jon Decker and Mateo Coxsey
• S.T.E.A.M Kits: A Comparative Study on Museum Outreach, Mary Robles
• Growing Up Wild: A Heritage Education Program for 3-4 year Olds, Michelle Place
• Conservation of Historic Ball-Jointed Dolls and Their Body Elastic: Mitigation Ideas for Non-Specialized Museums, Megan Rodriguez
• Preserving the Ephemeral: The Conservation of Postcards, Nichole Alton
• Transferring Ethnology Documents into Database, Paeton Stice
• Templates Improve Efficiency in Recessing Objects, Tess Drake
• Safe Storage for Celluloid Objects, Trystan Hatley