Sydney McGinnis Sydney McGinnis (BS, Textile Science ’20) regularly uses the Past Perfect database to input needed information. She prepares and organizes loan and accession records for the permanent and temporary collections. She also handles current artwork within the museum’s storage as well as incoming pieces from new donors, and creates condition reports for outgoing artwork.
Hope Simpson Hope Simpson (BA, Anthropology '23) is a student worker in the curatorial department at LSU MOA. She works to inventory pieces in the collections database as well as complete condition reports on incoming and outgoing pieces.
COLLECTIONS STUDENT INTERNS One of LSU MOA's biggest tasks is documenting, tracking, researching, and caring for our permanent collection according to American Alliance of Museum standards. LSU MOA is grateful for the assistance of and the opportunity to provide professional museum experience for LSU students.
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Cora Barhorst Cora Barhorst (BA, History and Classical Studies, minors in Business and Latin '20) helps maintain the inventory systems of the collections in exhibition and storage and assists in taking records of the physical environment of the galleries for long-term records to ensure the care of objects.