A few weeks ago, I started my history internship at the O Winston Link Museum in downtown Roanoke. I am working under the curator Ashely Webb. My first couple times going so far have been enjoyable and very interesting. Actually seeing how a museum works, and how much hard work actually goes into it, has been very interesting to me because hopefully I maybe will be doing something along the same lines. My first visit, came with lots of hanging of photographs that Winston Link took himself. I had no idea how much thought would actually go into hanging pictures for an exhibit. I was given many mathematical steps to make sure they were all at the correct height. In another visit, I went with Ashely to their collections building which is located in the Jefferson Center in downtown Roanoke. My task, with Ashely, was to help move and organize many different items that were acquired or given to the museums collection. There was everything from paintings, pictures, different types of clothing, and even old bicycles and statues. This opened my eyes to how big museums collections actually can be, and I could not even imagine what a large museum’s collection could be. My past few visits have been all about using and learning the program Pastperfect. This program is made for museums to organize, date, describe, and electronically store contents of the museum. While at first the program seemed very overwhelming, when I got the hang of it, it was a very satisfying feeling when I found all the information to plug into the program. Also, it made me feel like I was actually helping out the museum in a real way. My next visit will be next Tuesday and will most likely contain more work in Pastperfect. I am looking forward to helping out Ashely and the museum. 