Beth Kaminsky Museum Experience Planner, Developer, & Writer

Beth Kaminsky Museum Experience Planner, Developer, & Writer [email protected] | 303.830.1311

Contract Projects 2019–Present Denver Museum Services—Label editing for cultural/historical museum, zoo, and memorial projects Boulder Public Art Program—Framework for accessible signage development New Mexico Museum of Natural History—Interpretive plan development for two galleries Denver Museum of Nature & Science—Writing for exhibit and camp experiences MIG | Portico—Exhibit development/writing for the California Museum exhibit on women’s suffrage Expose Your Museum—Exhibit and program evaluation report writing

2016–2017 Creative Content Studio—Interpretive team member for the New Burke Denver Museum of Nature & Science—Development and writing for exhibit video and touch screen elements 10th Circuit Court of Appeals—Exhibit development/writing for displays in a historic Courthouse building Carnegie Museum of Natural History—Writing and editing for a Cenozoic Hall exhibit refurbishment Undisclosed Media Company—Narrative descriptions of science exhibit touchscreens and film components Denver Art Museum—Label editing for temporary exhibitions Denver Botanic Gardens—Facilitation of a label writing workshop for staff Denver Botanic Gardens—Interpretive overview for volunteer training at Chatfield Farms CU Museum of Natural History—Label writing and exhibit support for environmental and science exhibits Studio Tectonic—Concept plan and schematic design writing for the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Studio Tectonic—Concept plan for Colorado State University biology building displays National Aquarium—Label writing for displays about animal rescue and dolphin research

2015 National Museum of Natural History—Label script review and editing for Deep Time paleobiology exhibition BravoEcho—Concept plan draft for an exhibit about veterans for the Grand Rapids Public Museum History Colorado—Label writing for the Searching for Home exhibit about people experiencing homelessness

2006–2009 Denver Museum of Nature & Science—Exhibit development/script writing for hominid evolution touchscreen ECOS Communications—Exhibit development of two galleries for the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center The Wildlife Experience —Messaging, exhibit development, and label writing for touchscreens and panels

1999–2000 American Mountaineering Center—Interpretive framework development/script drafts for a new museum

Staff Positions 2018–2019 MIG | Portico Interpretive Planner | Content Developer Interpretive framework development and writing for master plans and exhibition projects; proposal and award submittal writing and editing

Select Projects: Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Visitor Center, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, The Children’s Museum of Southern Oregon, National Western Center Campus Cultural Plan

2009–2015 History Colorado Department Manager, Project Manager, and Exhibit Developer Exhibit development and writing; team lead and evaluation liaison Select Projects: Searching for Home, El Movimiento, Traveling Exhibits: 1968, Race, and Food, Living West, Denver A to Z, Destination Colorado and Colorado Stories

2000–2001 Gerard Hilferty & Associates Exhibit Developer Concept development, writing, research, and tracking Select Projects: The New York State Museum Terrace Gallery, John & Annie Glenn Historic Site & Exploration Center

1993–1999 Denver Museum of Nature & Science Exhibit Developer and Evaluation Researcher Concept and exhibit development, image research, and evaluation assistance Anthropology collections assistance on IMLS-funded rehousing projects Select Projects: Everest, Space Science Initiative, Across the North, The Hmong Search for Freedom, Prehistoric Journey

Select Presentations, Workshops, and Recognition Label Writing for Everyone: Tips, Tricks, Theory, and Practice Workshop facilitator, Colorado Wyoming Association of Museums Annual Meeting, April 2017 Beyond Museum Authority: Giving Voices to the Community Session panelist, Mountain Plains Museums Association Annual Conference, October 2016 Who is “WE”? Authorship, Authority, and Voice Session panelist, American Association for State and Local History Annual Meeting, September 2016 Care to Talk Evaluation? Session panelist, American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting, April 2015 Environmental Issues from Many Angles: How Science, Art, and History Create Dialogue and Action Panel session moderator, Western Museum Association’s Annual Meeting, October 2014 Between Integrity and Authority: Examining the Social and Political Role of Museums Session panelist, Mountain Plains Museums Association Annual Conference, September 2014 Minimal in Museums Creative Mornings Denver, featured speaker, June 2014 Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing Competition, AAM Awardee 2013 and Juror 2014 Redefining the Visitor Experience at the Colorado Historical Society and Ourselves Along the Way Session panelist, Mountain Plains Museums Association Annual Conference, October 2012

Professional Memberships American Alliance of Museums; National Association for Museum Exhibition (Board member 2014–2017) Mountain Plains Museum Association; Colorado Wyoming Association of Museums; Denver Evaluation Network

Education Master of Arts, Cultural Anthropology/Museum Studies—University of Denver, 1995 Bachelor of Arts, Cultural Anthropology/Women’s Studies—University of Denver, 1991