January 30, 2013

This morning, my supervisors were not in the office when I arrived so I checked my e-mail and browsed the server, looking at gallery guides in the education folder. Since I had no tasks to complete yet Sylvia, the Director and one of the founders of the museum, asked if I would like to sit in on a webinar with her. It was by the American Alliance of Museums and mostly centered around how to develop an effective collections management policy. Before the webinar began, she told me of some of the problems they had with their collection since, unlike most museums, they didn't have a separate collections department. It made the museum more cluttered and did not comply with the preservation that museums should upkeep.

After the webinar, I cleared out and organized some of our file cabinets to fit in new CYD folders that we're already prepared. The good thing about working with the same CYD folders, is that I feel more familiar and comfortable with the way they are set up.

More importantly, after hearing about how important collections are to a museum, I decided to seek a Collections Internship at the Williamson Museum here in Georgetown. To my surprise, they are actually looking for an intern. I think I am going to apply since I don't have class on Friday's. I would really like to see how collections departments function compared to the education department. 


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