Prof. Rebecca Tucker Nall
Adjunct Lecturer in Museum Studies Assistant Director of Exhibits, Communication, and Visitor Services, Mayborn Museum Complex
Education
B.A. History, University of Texas at Austin
M.A. Museum Science, Texas Tech University
Academic and Professional Interests
Rebecca Tucker Nall is the Assistant Director of Exhibits, Communication, and Visitor Services at Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum. A 2022 graduate of Leadership Waco, Prof. Nall has been employed in various roles at the Mayborn since 2007, most recently overseeing the museum’s marketing, exhibit design and development, and visitor services staff. She is passionate about museum sustainability and visitor driven data. Nall also manages the Mayborn’s traveling exhibit program and has brought exhibits such as Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, Journey to Space, and Lost Egypt to the Central Texas community.
She is an active member of the Museum Association of Waco (MAW) and the Texas Association of Museums (TAM), serving in numerous officer positions for MAW over the last ten years, along with acting as the co-chair for the local host committee for TAM in 2022. She currently serves as the chair of the Membership Committee for TAM after being elected to join TAM Council in 2023.
What is your favorite museum?
Choosing a favorite museum is as challenging as naming a favorite book or favorite movie! All of these can vary by genre and change over time depending on your current phase of life. If I saw Clueless for the first time today, would I love it as much as I did when I was 12 watching it at a sleepover having just finished reading Emma? Will a romance novel serve as a suitable replacement when you are in the mood for a thriller? Is my love of natural history museums driven by my daughter’s obsession with rocks? Here are some of my (current) favorites categorized by genre:
Favorite Children’s Museum: The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Favorite Art Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum
Favorite Historic House Museum: Molly Brown House Museum
Favorite Natural History Museum: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
Favorite Science Museum: California Science Center
Primary Courses Taught
- Introduction to Museums (U)