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Historical Society of Western Virginia Post Five

April 27, 2018 by kjwest

Today was my last day at the History Museum/Historical Society of Western Virginia at O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, VA. This internship has taught me a lot about the various activities that a curator can be called upon to keep a museum up and going. My duties ranged from accessioning new items to organizing items we had had for decades. I helped with the move of the items within Collections from the storage at Center in the Square to the O. Winston Link Museum. I made shelf lists to mark where items were being placed. I have learned a great deal since I have started this internship in January. I have learned how to properly store different materials and why certain materials are better for archival purposes than others.

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