Sorting through the newspapers has gone a lot faster than I thought it would! I’m already down to the last folder, and I’ve made a sizable scanning pile. If I had more time today, I probably could have gotten it all done, but it is what it is. It was fun looking through all the newspapers, because every once in awhile I would come across silly ones like this:
More excitingly, someone from Iowa Public Radio came to interview the curator about the temporary exhibit: Racist Things: Hateful Imagery in the American Home. She invited me and another intern, James, to sit in on the interview, and it was really interesting hearing her go through the exhibit and explain it in a way that would help someone envision the exhibit by using a non-visual form of media.
I finished up sorting the newspapers this morning, so that means I finally moved on to scanning and making copies of the newspaper articles. It took some finagaling to get some of them to scan properly due to the size of the paper or the shape of the clippings. Since I only had the morning to scan, I only managed to scan a small amount of newspapers, but I’m still glad I did it, because that means there’s less for me to do later. I’m sure my future self will thank me!
Welcome Desk Wednesdays are FAR more busy than Front Desk Fridays. It was quiet for the first half of the afternoon, but then, two groups of two and a group of around ten came in during the second half of the afternoon! It’s the most amount of people I’ve seen to date! I also handled and transferred some phone calls today. I’m getting much better at navigating the phone system at the museum, so it was a lot easier today than it was last week or the week before.
We recently got a donor plaque installed! It’s very reflective.
Today was really productive! I managed to copy a good chunk of newspapers today, and when I came in, I helped the curator put back the last of the travelling exhibits that went out for Juneteenth. All in all, it was a pretty good day, with nothing too eventful happening.
The trusty copier machine
In the afternoon, there wasn’t anyone to cover for about an hour and a half, so I took the shift. It was really quiet, with only two people coming in while I was down there. It’s understandable though, since it’s almost the Fourth of July. Because of the holiday, I have the day off, and I will be back again on Tuesday.
I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked this week, but I did my best, and I still had fun doing it. Hopefully next week I can finish up scanning the newspaper clippings, or at the very least get a lot done.