The life of an intern is one of ever-changing duties. When there are a lot of things to get done, especially in a small organization, interns usually have to do a bunch of things to make life easier on the curator and other employees. The History Museum is currently doing a multitude of things, two of which I have been helping with this week. One is the set-up of Fantasyland, the Christmas exhibit the museum does. I spent a couple hours hanging up ornaments and snowflakes from the ceiling to add to the atmosphere of Christmas (too early in my opinion), and the rest of the afternoon was spent in collections doing inventory. The museum is in a tight spot where the collections will soon need to be moved, and much of what we have isn’t properly accessioned and the curator isn’t even aware of what all there is at the moment. The project I will be working on for the next few days is creating an inventory of kitchen appliances and utensils, and then boxing up the items to get them ready to move.
