My first full week of interning at the museum was mind opening; I would like to work in a museum after I graduate so I was really excited to find that I truly do enjoy the occupation. My first day I was asked to go threw each exhibit and take notes on what I liked and what I would change. And after I was done I was asked about my opinions, this made me think about how exhibits should be set up and how important having a good flow to the room was. You want to make sure that people go around and look at the exhibit in the right way so people will understand what you were trying to put across when you put it together.
My second day consisted of more of behind the scenes work, I spent most of my day in the archives looking through folders of old newspapers, books, and articles and was taught about accessioning items for the museum. One of the things I found most interesting was the book about female diseases written in the in the 1820’s. I also was shown how to wrap each item in a specific type of paper and how to box them up and then where to the item after it it was wrapped up. I was also taught how to use past perfect and spent the majority of my third day putting the items in the system.