09/18/2017This was the first accession that I made on my own using the PastPerfect software. The first several days were spent acquainting myself with the software via a training video. After completing the video, my supervisor walked me through my first accession. This VHS was the second object for me to make an accession file […]
Internships Blog
History Museum of Western Virginia Post 1
The first few weeks of my internship with the museum have been a fast-paced learning experience. I had no experience with any curatorial work, and my supervisor Ashley had me dive in head-first. Day one, I started on an accessioning project. I got a crash course in PastPerfect and quickly learned just why people dislike […]
Salem Museum Post 4
In the last of my visits to the Salem Museum, I finally finished my small exhibit. As I explained in my previous post, I had already done much of the research for the signage of the exhibit and had thoroughly dug through the museum’s archives to find any objects that were relevant. All that had […]
LIM Reflection
I spent the majority of my time this summer interning at the Long Island Museum, and not all of it was mentioned in my last few blog posts. As for the things I’ve done that were unmentioned previously; here is a list: I spent time in two other LIM camps, the first being a full […]
Salem Museum Post 3
Well, it’s been awhile…again. Since my last post, I have done so much during my internship with the Salem Museum. A rather large difference between my internship experience as opposed to the other summer interns that I have picked up on is that, while my peers seem to have specific assignments or tasks, […]
aSHEville Post 4
As an intern, I ran many errands for the aSHEville Museum. These included getting lunch or dinner from the Mediterranean place down the street, getting exhibit craft supplies from stores, finding appropriately sized frames from Michael’s, and going to Kinko’s to have things copied and laminated. Errands like that were very much what I expected […]
Bowman Museum post 5 (final post!)
Since my last post, I did not really work on anything new since my internship was coming to an end. Over the past two weeks I have continued to accession new items as well as update files for old collection items. But I enjoyed every minute that I spent working in the museum. Throughout my […]
aSHEville Museum Post 3
Mrs. Magazine responded to our email! They said they would send us one of the three original copies of the Mrs. Magazine featuring Wonder Woman. We received it the other day along with a handwritten letter and a stack of cards for a free one-year subscription (pictured). I currently have the magazine and several other […]
aSHEville Museum Post 2
The four exhibits in the museum that I talked about in blog post one have been there for some time. The exhibit we get the most comments and positive feedback on is Appalachian Women, featuring an interview with Sarah Gudger. The interview is a video and recording of a reading of a 1937 interview with Sarah […]
Bowman Museum post 4
Over the past couple of weeks I have continued my usual accessioning work at the museum. I have also begun to work on a small project inside the museum. I have had a lot of fun so far interning at the Bowman Museum this summer and I hope to continue to learn more as my […]