Winterthur Fellows, graduate school without debt!

Winterthur Fellows are the graduate students in the Winterthur Program. In two years, Fellows earn a master’s degree, and emerge without debt. This was my experience in 1986 when I was one of the lucky 10 people selected for a Winterthur Fellowship. I completed my MA degree in Early American Culture in 1988, and was awarded the degree by Winterthur Museum and the University of Delaware.
Fast forward to 2013 and you can see what the current fellows are doing. Check out their awesome blog at
http://wpamc.tumblr.com/
Fellows have hands-on access to the extraordinary collections at Winterthur Museum. They study, in-depth, furniture, silver, ceramics, textiles and more. With their sister program at Winterthur in object conservation, Fellows gain rich experiences with the Conservation Department at Winterthur and with the Conservation Fellows.
Field trips to local craftspeople and historic sites expand and deepen the experience.
My thesis advisor, J. Ritchie Garrison, is the current Director of the program. Ritchie is amazing.
If you know of a talented and academically gifted college graduate with a passion for museums and objects and archaeology and history, suggest that they look into this extraordinary graduate school experience. Details about the current Winterthur Program in American Material Culture are found online at:
Winterthur Museum website at http://www.winterthur.org/?p=641
University of Delaware website at http://www.udel.edu/winterthurprogram/