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First Week

May 17, 2023 by knsteele

This week I just learned about the inner workings of a museum. On the first day I went through a tour of the museum. I walked through all the exhibits and archives rooms. I picked out what I did and did not like about the exhibits. This was done to teach me to see what looks good and what doesen’t the the casual veiwer.

After that I started some research on the salem greenway, Longwood, Lake Spring, and Greenhill park. After I finished up this research I worked on condensing the information into 100 words or less to practive putting it on plaques. These will be used later in the new exhibit that are making. It was also done to teach me how to summarize all this information and become better and making the plaques. Next, I learned how to log items into the archive system and look them up. Overall this frist week has gotten me excited for whats coming in the next 5 weeks.

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