Over these two weeks at the Vinton History Museum, I have done different jobs throughout the museum. I continued to work on the organization of the William Byrd High School clippings and finished the William Byrd Sports book. I began working on a new book dedicated to William Byrd High School clubs from the 1950’s to now. A family came into the museum and I gave them a tour while helping the little boy with a research report he was doing on the town of Vinton as a final project at Noah Christian Academy. I also took down the previous graduation display since May has come to an end, along with majority of the graduations in the area. I prepped the display area for a new display. We, myself and another intern, did a bridal display since June is popular for weddings. We put two weeding dresses from 1958 on mannequins ( the dresses were donated to the museum from two sister who has a joint wedding at Vinton Baptist Church) and dressed a cloth mannequin with a pink flower girl dress from earlier in the 1950’s. I also organized a bookshelf in the School and Church room and separated the annuals, newspaper clippings and picture between the school in the area. I also did a little cleaning around the museum to prepare for the Ice Cream Social (the museum handed out free ice cream to those in the community and it allowed the museum more publicity). At the Ice Cream Social, I handed out ice cream to guests and gave roughly 10 tours throughout the day.
