Museum Internship Readies Julia Madore for Scotland Master's Program

Name: Julia Madore

Internship: Fenimore Art Museum

Graduation: 2017

Major: Art history

Interests: Writing Center tutor; Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society; Phi Eta Sigma honor society for first-year students. Previously competed on the swimming and diving team.
Distinctions: Studied abroad in France in spring 2016. Won a "Best of the Conference" award for the paper she presented at the annual regional Phi Alpha Theta history honor society conference in 2017.

Internship advice: “Be open to criticism. Be ready for new experiences, and be ready to be out of your comfort zone. It’s scary, but if you have a good internship, you’ll be fine. You’ll learn.”

After Nazareth: She was accepted at — and is thrilled to be attending — her top choice grad school: St. Andrews University in Scotland, beginning summer 2017, for a master's degree in museum and gallery studies.

Interning at the Fenimore Art Museum

    Post-graduation update, 2020: Madore is the Assistant Curator of American Art at the Fenimore Art Museum. She started this position in January 2019 after receiving her Master of Letters (MLitt) in Museum and Gallery Studies from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.

    Julia Madore

    Julia Madore '17

    “Everything I’ve learned at the Fenimore will be useful down the line.”

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