Download William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

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Phase I Museum Profile Form
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About the Museum
William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky
Name of Museum
211 Lafferty Hall
Mailing/Street Address
Lexington, KY 40506-0024, USA
City/State/Mailing Code/Country
(1)859-257-6923
Telephone (include all country codes)
http://anthropology.as.uky.edu/museum-anthropology
Website (if applicable)
Dr. George M. Crothers
Name of Director (First Name FAMILY NAME)
1931
Year Founded
4 full time, 2 part time
Number of Paid Employees
Associate Professor
Title
Anthropological
Type of Museum
Size and Range of Collections
1. Archaeological and osteological materials primarily from Kentucky (approx. 9000 collections)
2. Ethnographic materials primarily from North & South America, S.E. Asia (approx.. 2500 items)
3. Original documents (currently 9000 technical reports &original documents, maps, and
photographs for all archaeological collections)
Facilities
1. Small exhibition area and staff offices in the Department of Anthropology, Lafferty Hall.
2. Off campus archaeological facility containing 10,000 sq. ft. of curatorial space and 15,000 sq. ft.
of research labs and offices for staff and students working on museum and archaeological field
projects.
Public Programs and Other Public Activities
The Museum is the primary curatorial facility for archaeological collections from Kentucky and
houses the Office of State Archaeology, which maintains official records on all known archaeological
sites in the state, for the benefit of government agencies and the public. The museum hosts visiting
scholars from national and international institutions to conduct research on the collections and
provides research opportunities for student interns and volunteers.
Mission Statement
The W. S. Webb Museum’s mission is to serve a diverse audience, from the layperson to
professionals; to preserve significant, irreplaceable objects; and to contribute to our understanding
of past and present cultures, especially those of the prehistoric inhabitants and early historic settlers
of Kentucky.
The Museum serves this mission by:
1. acquiring and maintaining anthropological collections,
2. supporting anthropological research, and
3. disseminating anthropological knowledge.
Project Ideas
List three to four projects your institution is interested in developing with a partner museum. Projects
should involve community engagement in both countries. Museums Connect does not fund projects
concepts focused solely on staff development, exhibition design/object exchange, or artist residencies. Use
only the space provided.
1. The dispersal of horses across the globe and their cultural significance. For example, a
potential exhibition title might be: “Globe -Trotters: Equines –A Long Journey from the
EurasianSteppes to the Kentucky Bluegrass.”
2. Gender roles in African countries. For example:
“Cause Our Mothers said so!” Entrepreneurship and Economic Mobility of Women in WestAfrican Societies.”
3. Interdependence of human groups and natural environments. For example:
“From this World and Beyond: Melting Ice and Drifting Cultures. Hunter and Gatherer Societies
of the Arctic Circle – The Last of Their Kind.”
4. The impact of colonization and modernization on indigenous peoples. For example:
“Heritage and New Identity: Native American Societies of the Eastern Woodlands. Social
Evolution, Economic Transition, and Cultural Survival.”
Community Involvement
Direct community engagement is the foundation for Museums Connect. List ways in which community
members in both countries may be directly involved in executing the project. Use only the space provided.
Our mission is to inspire people to experience world cultures, promote active citizenship,
democracy, and social justice. While collaborating with organizations and museums who share our
vision, we support equal and two way partnerships, which help to create mutual benefits and clear
outcomes for all partners. We share expertise and resources with our partners to maximize what we
can offer the public.
We encourage direct community involvement through dialogue about their needs and desires,
expectations, and interests regarding exhibition projects.
We anticipate direct involvement through the mutual exchange of students and professional staff
between partner museums to assist in the design and implementation of projects. We hope this
exchange will inspire students to develop personal skills, international knowledge,and a passion to
work in multicultural settings that will enable them to become active global citizens.
About the Project Coordinator
Attach a one-page bio in English
Christian
First Name
D.Mittendorf
Middle Name/Initial (if used)
Male
FAMILY NAME
Coordinator for Museum Exhibits, Research&Public Outreach
Cultural Anthropology
Position
[email protected]
Email Address
Female
Specialty
859-257-6923
Telephone
Is the Project Coordinator a full-time, permanent employee of the museum?
Yes
No
Languages
Please list all languages in which the Project Coordinator is proficient. Please include English even if it is the
Coordinator’s first language.
English
Excellent
Good
Fair
German
Excellent
Good
Fair
Dutch
Excellent
Good
Excellent
Good
Fair
Excellent
Good
Fair
Language
Language
Language
Language
Language
Fair
Christian D. Mittendorf
Coordinator for Museum Exhibits, Research & Public Outreach,
Department for Anthropology at the University of Kentucky
My duties involve a variety of administrative tasks including planning, organizing, implementing
and evaluating educational programs for the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology at the
University of Kentucky. Hence I coordinate educational museum and exhibit related programs
with the University, Lexington City, Kentucky state and nationally. I work under the supervision of
the Museum Director. I oversee the day to day on-site and outreach program operations such as
maintaining the on-line museum catalog, the artifact database and correspondence. Additionally, I
coordinate the museum outreach program to that effect, that I am responsible for the
development of marketing and publicity plans, and the dissemination of all promotional materials
for exhibitions and related events. Specifically:
National outreach, I
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coordinate a partnership concept between the Department of Anthropology at UK, the
Office of State Archaeology in Kentucky and two local non-for-profit organizations, the
“Bluegrass Conservancy” and “Preservation Kentucky”. This affiliation is intended to
encourage more future museum exhibits, educative workshops and projects on public
recreational activities and farmland conservation. Furthermore, I am responsible for the
coordination of lending museum artifacts to other institutions within Kentucky and beyond
state boundaries. Additionally, I assist local museums to develop exhibits on Kentucky
prehistory, early history and anthropological topics; currently 17 loans are active as exhibit
materials at other institutions
University (Undergraduate) outreach, I
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coordinate and design exhibits and materials in the archeological and ethnographic
collections.
assist in the development of a new undergraduate course on museum exhibit design and
management
coordinate the development of public outreach material targeting specific study programs,
such as Latin Studies, Appalachian Studies and International Studies
create educational material and virtual exhibitions for the museum’s web pages
support visiting scholars and supervise student interns and work study students
Educational, I
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assist the Museum Director in identifying grants, coordinate and develop grant proposals
identify and target groups of diverse social and cultural background, as it is also my goal
to advertise the importance of museums to College-, High- and Middle-school students
and provide the accessibility for “hands-on” learning experiences
Educational background
I hold Master’s degrees in Cultural Anthropology, Political Sciences and Intercultural Didactics/
Cultural Studies from the Georgia-Augusta University of Goettingen, Germany.
I also hold a Bachelor degree as Educator (Social-pedagogic) from the “Professional College of
Social-pedagogic & Social-work” in Braunschweig, Germany.