Andrew Washburn
Sr. Collections Manager at McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Washburn is a seasoned museum professional and collections manager with eight years of focused experience and a broader 15+ year career in museum, archival, and exhibit work across institutions from the National Park Service to university museums. Currently Sr. Collections Manager at the McClung Museum, he combines hands-on collections care, photo-archiving, and registration expertise with exhibit design, fabrication, and public programming skills. His background spans maritime history, natural history curation, and cultural resource management, with a track record of developing collections policies, leading storage and IPM programs, and training volunteers and staff. Andrew has negotiated licensing and acquired archival media for major exhibits, written exhibit text and grant reports, and consistently bridges research-driven curation with practical conservation and installation. Based in Knoxville, he brings both field‑tested procedural rigor and a knack for turning archival material into engaging public experiences. An uncommon strength is his combined fluency in photographic archives and coastal/maritime heritage, which informs both research and exhibition narratives.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Museum Studies, MA, Museum Studies at San Francisco State UniversityBA, History, BA, History at Kenyon College
Github Skills (2)
stock1
python1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
apolson8/ssei_sablefish
Apr 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year
apolson8/seak_gkc
Apr 2019 - Jul 2023
Contributions:1 PR, 50 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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