Basking Ridge resident Jane Taylor is Intern at Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake

Taylor is a rising senior at Hamilton College

Clinton, NY (08/09/2021) — Nestled in the heart of the Adirondacks lies Blue Mountain, a 3,750-foot peak just east of a picturesque lake that bears the same name. It is at this scenic location that Basking Ridge resident and Hamilton College rising senior Jane Taylor is spending her summer working as an interpretive assistant at Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake.

At the museum, Taylor is stationed with various exhibitions, providing extra information and answering visitor questions. Museum guests have differing levels of familiarity with the information on display, Taylor noted, so her role "is to make the work more accessible and tailor it to their experiences."

As someone who has been visiting the region with family for years, Taylor felt that this position was a natural fit for her. "Knowing I wanted to go into museum work," she said, "it seemed like a really great opportunity - not only career-wise. I could be close to my family and spend the summer somewhere beautiful."

At Hamilton, Taylor is a Wellin Museum docent, a position that introduced her to the museum work about which she has become so passionate. Professors in both her majors of biology and art history, she added, have encouraged her to engage with the interdisciplinary potential of her studies and "bridge the gap" between two fields that can often be considered diametrically opposed.

Taylor is deciding between diving straight into curation or attending a graduate program in art restoration. But either way, she said her goal is the same: to "connect art and science, using one to enthuse people about the other. I'd love for my work to focus on this."

Jane Taylor is a graduate of Madison High School

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