Mary (Molly) Schwanz Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, Md, Us

Bethesda, Md, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Boone, North Carolina, United States

Responsible for caring for the permanent collection of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, including: - Conducting a complete inventory of the collection.- Launching a collections website. - Revamping and managing the Turchin's Campus Loan Program- Assisting professors wishing to use the permanent collection for instruction. - Assisting with exhibit installation, deinstallation, art packing, and transportation.

Brunswick, Maine

I am working on a two-year project to move the museum's collections to a new storage facility. I am responsible for inspecting all artifacts that arrive at the new collections storage facility, rehousing artwork and artifacts, applying the museum's integrated pest management protocols as they apply to incoming artifacts, maintaining records of artifact conditions and locations, and determining a logical and efficient organization for the collections space. I also transcribed an historic journal held in the museum's collections.

As a member of Crozier's special projects team, I participated in the relocation of artifacts during a major museum renovation. Responsibilities included: - Rehousing artifacts for transportation and storage in accordance with best museum practices. Artifacts included textiles and clothing, leather items, scientific equipment, and complex and delicate models. - Using appropriate materials to protect large artifacts in place prior to museum renovation work. - Maintaining information regarding object locations. - Observing the artifact’s condition, and bring any changes from previous condition reports to the attention of museum staff.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

- Engaged in monitoring the preservation and maintenance of the exhibitions and historic objects. - Worked with museum educators to schedule guided tours. - Represented the museum in contacts with the public by promoting guided tours and special events.

- Conducted research on items in the museum’s collection to determine their likely age and significance. This research was featured in the Autumn 2018 exhibit “Beaded Glamour: Accessorizing in the 1920s.” - Photographed and described collections objects. Artifacts included jewelry, clothing, personal items such as mirrors, combs, and dresser sets, as well as toys and games.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Effectively addressed the preservation needs of museum’s collection, including rehousing textile fragments, vacuuming newly accessioned items and items coming off of exhibition, affixed labels where necessary, and confirmed that the museum’s integrated pest management protocol was followed. - Utilized Argus database software to update object files, resolve duplicate records, and add additional data to complete unfinished records. - Contributed to condition reports and assisted with exhibit installation.

Columbia, Maryland

- Managed company's relationship with customers, provided customer service, answered questions, resolved issues, recommended advertising placements. - Managed the firm’s participation in 5 international affiliate networks as well 4 U.S. networks in the vertical segments of Travel, Food & Gift, Education, and Entertainment. - Ensured accurate, timely, and appropriate advertising using network interfaces (CJ, Linkshare, Impact Radius and others) and Social Growth's internal tools. - Maintained content of Social Growth's mycouponbuddy.com website & contributed entries to the firm’s CouponBuddy blog. - Monitored website quality and performance, identifying & tracking defects, and ensuring proper use of merchant advertising materials.

Columbia, Maryland

- Greeted visitors, answered visitor questions regarding museum exhibits and policies, provided brief tours of the exhibits and the historical museum building.- Cared for collection objects by rotating objects on display and selecting objects to be moved to climate controlled storage. - Planned and assembled exhibits to present a narrative history of Howard County, Maryland. Assisted in scheduling and staffing special events. - Curated and constructed two single-case exhibits featuring artifacts such as personal possessions and medals of a WWI soldier and a Vietnam War pilot, and WWII ration cards and draft cards.

Harrisonburg, Va

- Greeted visitors to the gallery, answered questions about gallery exhibits and policies, reminded visitors not to touch artworks. - Monitored the condition of artifacts on display. - Photographed collection artworks for inclusion in a virtual exhibit. - Created a virtual exhibit for the museum's Ancient Egyptian artifacts using Apple's iBooks software. - Contributed artist biographies to the iBook catalog for an exhibit of Impressionist paintings.

Harrisonburg, Va

- Led two weekly student discussion sections for an American history survey course and graded written assignments for 80 students.- Enforced university policies in administering exams and grading assignments. - Provided academic assistance to students.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Created finding aids for archival collections, assisting future researchers in finding necessary information

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Museology/Museum Studies

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Public History

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History