Sydney Goethel is a pre-program aspiring conservator specializing in metal, leather, and paper. Her work includes multiple objects in the Minnesota Historical Society’s collection, including pieces original to the James J. Hill and Alexander Ramsey houses. Sydney’s work has been featured in local news articles and field notes from publications released by the Minnesota History Center, highlighting her contributions in evaluating a collection of taxidermy belonging to the St. Bernard’s Catholic Church of Cologne. Sydney’s cultural resource management and public history research has also been featured in lectures at the Winter 2025 Biannual Conference of the Council for Minnesota Archaeology. 

Sydney graduated from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities in May of 2025, earning a Bachelors of Individualized Studies with concentrations in History, English, and Museum and Curatorial Studies. She first became interested in conservation as a way to combine her passions for history and chemistry and help improve access to historical resources for all. Sydney currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is working on preserving her collection of Victorian and Edwardian hotel serveware and preparing a NRHP nomination for the Mounds Park Rotating Beacon in St. Paul, MN. Outside of her academic and professional pursuits she enjoys knitting, embroidery, archery, baking, and spending time with her retired show horse Callie.