Heather Clarke's Introduction

When I first came to college at RIT I wasn't sure what I wanted to do for my career and for my first year I was a chemistry major. Very quickly I realized my mistake because I had a difficult time and really didn't have the passion for the field of chemistry that I originally thought I did so I moved on and looked elsewhere around the college for a good fit.

It wasn't until the middle of my second year, after a year of searching for a program I had a passion for, I came across the Museum Studies program at RIT through a friend who was in the major. After a brief explanation from my friend I was immediately interested and by the end of the year I became a student of the program.

I have always had a passion for history, artifacts, and education and I also have discovered more of a love for art than I ever knew I had before joining the program. I also love the fact that the goal of a museum is to help people learn and understand the topics that they cover as well as researching and finding out more and more everyday about the artifacts in their collections. However I also don't exactly know where I would want to work in the institution of the museum, as I am currently trying to decide weather to focus on collections or education.