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Garst Museum
announces partnership with Wright State
Pictured: Noel Rihm, Wright State University Student
3/3/2011
The Garst Museum is pleased to announce that they have entered into a
partnership with Wright State University’s Public History Program.
Dr. Johnson of the Garst Museum stated, “WSU’s History Department
offers a Master of Arts program for students that are interested in
pursuing a career in the museum or archives profession. Part of the
student’s program of study includes hands-on training under the
direction of a public history professional.
“The Garst Museum will provide students with ongoing opportunities for
short and long-term projects and internships. Students will gain
experience in exhibit research, design, construction, and promotion,
historical research, curator asset management, collections management,
collections care, and archives, museum, and records management.”
Dawne Dewey, WSU’s Public History Director, is “very pleased that our
students will have the opportunity to work with the Garst Museum and
gain real world experience. The Garst Museum joins an extensive network
of local and regional archives, museums, and historical organizations
that support WSU’s program. Community partnerships are vital to the
program’s mission to train professionals for the public history field.”
Garst Museum’s first WSU student is Noel Rihm. The museum recently
received grant funding from the Ketrow Foundation, Schaurer Memorial
Trust, and the Dayton Foundation to create a permanent exhibit
interpreting Darke County’s Longtown Settlement. Noel’s project will be
to perform the exhibit’s research and assist in its design,
construction, and promotion. The Longtown exhibit’s completion is
planned for the summer of 2011.
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