Blog Post #3
Welcome to the Museum Life!
So far, I still love this internship. I work with students, staff, and volunteers every day! Last week we worked on taking down an exhibit. I had no idea how hard it was to take down an exhibit. Moreover, last week was our last school groups for a while so now my job will be changing a little bit. I will be working the archives collection room organizing artifacts and information. I should be starting this within the next couple of weeks! In the meantime, I have been working on creating a new packet for teachers and sharpening a lot of pencils. Usually schools forget to send students with pencils so normally we provide them with pencils or pens. Thus, the intern of course gets to re-sharpen all of them after they leave around 12:15pm. Recently I had the opportunity to walk around the museum and learn a little more about the items and exhibits in the museum. Therefore, I have found out a lot more about Roanoke’s transportation history! I had no idea that the founder of the Tuskegee Airmen was from Roanoke. Nor, did I know that Roanoke College used to have a flight school back in the 1920s!
Next, I have also been taking new pictures of updated exhibits for the website and teaching documents to hand out to schools as a type of advertising. This job has shown me that museums are constantly changing to keep up with new technology and information. For example, several years ago the Aviation gallery only had one plane and hang glider. Now, we have a piece of a Jet, planes, and an exhibit about Roanoke aviation history. Moreover, we now have computers where visitors can explore through interactive videos and images. In the coming weeks, I look forward to working in collections! Below are several pictures I have taken around the museum!
