Community Memories

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Community Memories

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See memories about the museum contributed by other community members.

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Photograph of the Orlando Dugi Exhibit
The exhibit featuring the Native American designer, Orlando Dugi called "Walking in Beauty" was a highlight in my career. It was my first time being apart of the exhibit planning process and will always hold a special place for me. I thoroughly…

Collection Discoveries
My favorite part of working for the Avenir is getting to explore the collection. There are so many wonderful treasures. This picture is working with the collections manager, Megan Osborne, curator, Dr. Katie Knowles and Graduate Assistant, Courtney…

In the Moroccan Caftan Exhibit (2017) there were several caftans (graciously provided by Mary Biggers) that visitors could try on. One day a 40-something female visitor came to the exhibit and indeed tried on one of the "interactive caftans". It…

I really loved working on this exhibit especially setting up all the handkerchiefs in the display cabinets. It was so fun to come up with as many creative ways to display handkerchiefs and after putting them up on the boards and seeing all the…

In the Spring of 2019, I was enrolled in a Care and Exhibit of Museum Collections class with Dr. Katie Knowles. For one class period, about eight graduate students and I were instructed to make custom hat mounts for headwear in the Avenir’s…

I first heard about the Avenir about a month after moving to Colorado in early 2019. I attended a public lecture given by Dr. Knowles about working with textile collections in the class room and creating a more global syllabus. I met Terri, a…

Graduate Internship
During the summer of 2019 I did an internship at the Avenir for my MA degree in History. With Dr. Katie Knowles as my mentor, I received a "crash course" in textile museum practices! From cataloguing cabinets, to building storage and display mounts,…

I was given the privilege of volunteering at the Avenir and work with the garments firsthand. Working with Dr. Knowles and Megan Osborn, along with the other volunteers was something that I constantly looked forward to! I am very thankful for all of…
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