The purpose of this study was to explore the ways graduate students' interpretive lenses manifested in reflective storytelling of their collaborative object-based learning (OBL) experiences with Andean textiles in the John and Mary Carter Collection. This occurred in the context of visitor-centered exhibition (VCE) development. Adapted Feminist Thinking Systems (Love & Villeneuve, 2017; Stephens, 2013) as an epistemological framework guided the development and implementation of this research project. The methodology of narrative inquiry (Clandinin, 2016; Clandinin and Connelly, 2000) recognized the complexity of student experiential stories as expressions of their unique voices. Five graduate students reflectively narrated their OBL and VCE experiences at Florida State University during a global pandemic. Student interpretive lenses during OBL activities showed the ways differences in their backgrounds and experiences contributed to their stories on the Andean textiles. The imaginative storytelling process provided scaffolding for participants to interpret novel OBL experiences with the textiles and generate creative ideas for VCE development. The dissonance between individual interpretive lenses and collaborative OBL influenced participant stories and the VCE narrative process. The VCE team members needed facilitative guidance with rationales on the relationships between object study, object stories, object research, and different types of interpretive narratives for the VCE plan. Collaborative OBL and VCE activities constituted paradoxical events. Students acknowledged the importance of collaboration for VCE planning and museums. Participant interpretive lenses of OBL activities with Andean textiles for collaborative VCE development contributed to embodied stories of experiential museum training as aesthetic life-story narratives for future experiences. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]