Fashion History Museum Internship

Chloe interned at the Fort Walla Walla Museum as textile collections intern from 2021-2022. The main focus of the internship was updating their Heritage Fashion Runway, a place to display historical garments from their collection. They worked on every step of the process, from doing extensive research on my chosen topic (dresses from the 1920’s), selecting and arranging historic garments for display, to writing exhibit signage and communicating important fashion trends and their historical context. Through their internship they also learned about accessioning artifacts, artifact storage and the inner workings of a local history museum!