Greetings! I'm a PhD student in art history at the University of Delaware, working as an intern at the Biggs Museum of American Art this summer.
The museum is quite small, with only four full-time employees, so I am getting the full experience of working in a small museum by doing many different tasks. The museum's collection was the private collection of Sewell Biggs (you can read the story at http://www.biggsmuseum.org/about/history.html) and is housed in a handsome building in Dover, capital of Delaware. The museum has recently expanded to occupy all three floors of the building, so right now thing are in flux but everyone is excited about the expansion. Sewell Biggs' main focus as a collector was on American art and furniture from early colonial times to the early 20th century, with an exclusive interest in representational art. The permanent collection is exhibited on the second and third floors of the museum. We also have a rotating exhibition space on the first and second floors, which is currently housing the Award Winners exhibition (read about that at http://www.biggsmuseum.org/exhibitions.html). The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday, 9-4:30, and Sunday 1:30-4:30. It's free, so please come by and visit!
I am currently working on writing a collections page for the museum's website. I plan on formatting it as a timeline, similar to the Metropolitan Museum's art history timeline, but focused solely on American art, and, for the 20th century, on art from the Delaware and Philadelphia region. I have also taken time from this project to help the rest of the staff paint one of the rooms we recently acquired so it can be used as a children's activity space and reception area. Other projects I have worked on include writing a grants database for the museum; writing a self-guided tour on fashion in the collection; learning how to correctly move furniture and paintings in the exhibition space with the curator, and setting up a multimedia exhibition space for the Award Winners show.
Hope everyone is having a fantastic summer!
The museum is quite small, with only four full-time employees, so I am getting the full experience of working in a small museum by doing many different tasks. The museum's collection was the private collection of Sewell Biggs (you can read the story at http://www.biggsmuseum.org/about/history.html) and is housed in a handsome building in Dover, capital of Delaware. The museum has recently expanded to occupy all three floors of the building, so right now thing are in flux but everyone is excited about the expansion. Sewell Biggs' main focus as a collector was on American art and furniture from early colonial times to the early 20th century, with an exclusive interest in representational art. The permanent collection is exhibited on the second and third floors of the museum. We also have a rotating exhibition space on the first and second floors, which is currently housing the Award Winners exhibition (read about that at http://www.biggsmuseum.org/exhibitions.html). The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday, 9-4:30, and Sunday 1:30-4:30. It's free, so please come by and visit!
I am currently working on writing a collections page for the museum's website. I plan on formatting it as a timeline, similar to the Metropolitan Museum's art history timeline, but focused solely on American art, and, for the 20th century, on art from the Delaware and Philadelphia region. I have also taken time from this project to help the rest of the staff paint one of the rooms we recently acquired so it can be used as a children's activity space and reception area. Other projects I have worked on include writing a grants database for the museum; writing a self-guided tour on fashion in the collection; learning how to correctly move furniture and paintings in the exhibition space with the curator, and setting up a multimedia exhibition space for the Award Winners show.
Hope everyone is having a fantastic summer!
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