Dara Lohnes

I was born and raised in Southern Idaho, lived in Laramie, Wyoming for five years, and have recently completed my MA in Museum studies at the University of Leicester. I did my placement at the Oxford Museum of Natural History before returning to the United States for a permanent position. After volunteering for a year at the Herrett Center for Arts and Sciences I am currently working as the museum photographer for the National Music Museum in South Dakota.

I specialize in registration and collections management, most especially in the digitalization of objects and how people effect the collections. My favorite part of the field is bringing the hidden stories of the collections to the communities serviced by the museum.

My unique experiences abroad include studying the traditional artistic practices of India during spring 2011, excavating Roman city Heraclea Lyncestis in Bitola, Macedonia summer 2011, and multiple museums and heritage sites around Europe during 2012 and 2013.