Our museum belongs to a small regional museum, so we only have limited money for “touch-table” programs. However, this education and public programs relate to the permanent exhibition and it covers different themes. I have to purchase a lot of objects for children and older people. How to control the budget is a huge challenge for me. I tried to compare the price of each object through internet. After that, I contacted the seller and talked about the details of these items. I finished the budget plan on last Monday and submitted it to curator. She thought I should delete some objects, because we have to spend a lot of money on dress-ups activities. Therefore, I re-wrote the budget and finally we started to purchase all objects on last Tuesday.

Because of limited budget, I deleted some items what I wanted to buy for children and older people. Thus, I went to museum storage on last Wednesday and attempted to find more useful objects for “touch-table” programs. Luckily, I found many stones, plants specimens, traditional washboard and clothes, old bottles and picnic baskets and old photos etc. I put all objects on the light table and sensory table. Then, I took photos of them, because I have to make poster of “touch-table” programs.

Besides it, I also worked at other positions last week. For example, front desk services, packing down an old exhibition and contact delivery service. Otherwise, we also got 10 kids from local primary school to join the kids club on last Friday. This was a one hour arts education and public programs for children. It divided into there parts, first twenty minutes was story time. After that, we have ten minutes for answering questions. Finally, children spent half hour walking through the museum. We explored the objects together. It was really excited to work with children, especially when I saw their smiling faces.