I worked as the exhibitions and programs organizer in this city museum & gallery. The curator asked me to do a brand new project. My responsibility was to improve visitor interaction with exhibitions at this regional museum & gallery through the development and installation of “touch-tables”. The “touch-tables” programs especially for young children and old people who with disabilities. I worked three days per week and eight hours per day in this museum.
In the next three month, I have to finish different kinds of tasks. For instance, Research the benefits and challenges of installing “touch-tables” in this regional museums and galleries. At the same time, I also need to develop an exhibition brief for the creation of a “touch-table” in museum’s permanent exhibition. Source quotes for potential objects and resources for the “touch-tables” are also important. After that, I will create and install “touch-tables” in the permanent exhibition. Finally, I will develop procedures for the creation and installation of “touch-tables” for permanent and some temporary exhibitions at this regional museum and gallery. If I have enough time, I will develop additional education resources for the museum’s exhibitions.
During this period, I also have to practice some other skills as part of my internship, including object handling, preparing new exhibitions, artefact research, developing museum procedures, customer services, front desk, storage management, networking with staff and volunteers from a range of museums and galleries etc. This is an excellent opportunity for me to improve my art knowledge and gain more work experiences.
About my internship, I will directly report to the museum curator. Moreover, I also will meet with the museum curator and manager on a regular basis to discuss work progress. At the same time, I also need to join the museum staff monthly planning meeting and produce planning reports to the curator.