Lydia Downs

Collections Assistant and Deaccession Specialist at Mystic Seaport Museum
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Falls Village, Connecticut, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Collections Assistant and Deaccession Specialist
      • Oct 2022 - Present

      Assist and managing many of the collections at the Mystic Seaport Museum (MSM). All items in storage, on display, and those that need to be transported between different institutions fall under my care. As Deaccession Specialist, I am also in charge of removing items form the collection that do not fit into the MSM mission and finding a new home for them. this may include sending them to different institutions, selling them at auction, or other means of "disposal". Assist and managing many of the collections at the Mystic Seaport Museum (MSM). All items in storage, on display, and those that need to be transported between different institutions fall under my care. As Deaccession Specialist, I am also in charge of removing items form the collection that do not fit into the MSM mission and finding a new home for them. this may include sending them to different institutions, selling them at auction, or other means of "disposal".

    • Research Assistant
      • Aug 2020 - Feb 2023
    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Museum Assistant
      • Apr 2021 - Aug 2021

      Experience Host for the Wigwam Escape escape room and learning tool, educator, speaker. Experience Host for the Wigwam Escape escape room and learning tool, educator, speaker.

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Visitor Services Assistant
      • Mar 2019 - Aug 2019

      Worked at the front desk selling tickets and telling people about the museum. I was also trained as a docent to give tours and educate about the artwork and exhibits on display. Worked at the front desk selling tickets and telling people about the museum. I was also trained as a docent to give tours and educate about the artwork and exhibits on display.

    • Financial Aid Assistant
      • Sep 2015 - May 2017
    • United States
    • Real Estate
    • Live-in Nanny
      • Apr 2015 - Aug 2015
    • United States
    • Hospitality
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Waitress
      • Apr 2012 - Jan 2015

Education

  • East Carolina University
    Master's degree, Maritime Studies
    2020 - 2022
  • Freie Universität Berlin
    Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology
    2017 - 2018
  • University of Massachusetts Boston
    Bachelor’s Degree, Historical Archaeology
    2015 - 2018
  • University of Connecticut
    Bachelor’s Degree, Undecided
    2015 - 2015

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