These last few weeks of the internship have been pretty awesome thanks to the fact that I have been able to work on creating and designing a little exhibit of my own. It is about the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918-1919 and some of its worldwide as well as local impacts. The whole process has […]
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Beginning of a Season, End of an Internship
This past weekend, the Virginia Museum of Transportation hosted ¨Candy Express,¨an event that engages the community in learning about the different types of transportation we have while adding a winter wonderland theme. As a team, we worked together; we decorated the entire museum and set up activities for people of all ages. At the event, […]
Lights, Camera, Learn – That’s a Wrap
This is my last blog post for the semester, and it has been an interesting one. Over the course of nearly five months, I have had the opportunity to work with wonderful high school students from across the Roanoke Valley. To watch them grow and development has been a wonderful experience. They have covered a […]
Lights, Camera, Learn – Two Posts for One
Last Monday (10/29), the students learned about types of lighting. Today (11/7), they applied their new understanding of lightening to settings on the camera. Things like grain, zebra strips, exposure, aperture, white balance and iris all flew around the room. While I am typing this, I am actually being used as model for one of […]
Veterans’ Day
As our country was celebrating Veterans’ Day, the Museum of Transportation wanted to express its gratitude for those who have served. I had the chance to go through the museum and find any sort of military connection that the exhibits may have. Then, I created a guided tour for anyone who came in on Saturday. […]
Hollywood in Roanoke
In our auto gallery the cars often are changing, but this time it is a little more special. The museum is hosting “Hollywood Cars” for the next few weeks. On display are the actual cars from famous movies, such as Dukes of Hazzard, Herbie Fully Loaded, Ghostbusters, and even one of the only non-damaged cars […]
Fourth Post: Virtual Reality and Experiencing the Past
Something really exciting that I got to do last week at the museum was put up and design part of one of the exhibit cases in the lobby of the museum. This was a really fun and important activity for me as actual exhibit design is one of the most appealing aspects of museum work. […]
Lights, Camera, Learn – Take Two!
Film Lab has been going well. The students have been developing their short story scripts on their journey into the complex mechanics of script writing. At the end of this semester, the best scripts from students will be chosen and put into full production for the duration of the program- the entirety of next semester. […]
The Generic Magic Festival
The city of Roanoke organized an event for the community called the “Generic Magic Festival.” The goal was to engage families in the institutions participating such as the Virginia Museum of Transportation. At the museum, we created two fun programs for children and their parents to take part in. Inside, they could make slime and […]
Third Post (with a heavy focus on the ghost walk)
In the last couple of weeks I have continued helping out and learning new things at the museum. I have gotten the chance to do some research and even accession and archive a few things. The biggest and most consuming thing, however, that has been going on recently has been the museum’s annual Ghost Walk. […]