My first few weeks here at the Virginia Museum of Transportation have largely consisted of training and getting my feet under me. To understand the inner-workings of a museum, one must be at a museum regularly, so my being present has shown me what happens behind the scenes, especially in the areas where collections are maintained and organized, AKA the back room.
It is here in the back room that I’ve gotten to do the majority of my work so far, which has included cataloguing such random artifacts as empty oil cans, books about circus transport, and lease agreements for an AMOCO station in Roanoke. It’s always interesting seeing what will come across my desk, because through the process of cataloguing these items I get to learn all about these items. Sounds like a historian’s dream to me!
