All Done! Internship at an End.

This final week of my internship, the Make and Take rebounded to have 12 people come and make clocks. Three of these people chose to make flip flop clocks while the other nine made CD clocks. Unfortunately, my volunteer was away this week so I was not able to say a proper goodbye to her. In addition to working on the Make and Take, I copied one final slideshow, finished typing the list of clockmakers. My favorite person that I put in was Vermunt, Gérard (d. 1764) became a master before 1767.  On Tuesday, Katie, another volunteer Sue, and I went to the National Night Out in Columbia. We had children come up and Test Their Time Telling Talents. The prize was a bag of pretzels. Even if the children were unable to match the time together, they still received a bag of pretzels.
 

Attending Columbia's National Night Out.

In the library, I worked on typing up the Theodore Crom information into a finding aid and then into the Past Perfect system. I had to go back through seven boxes in order to find dates to finish the information.

I had a great time during my internship. The staff was wonderful and I had some wonderful experiences. Words could not express how much I enjoyed getting to know them all and how kindly they treated me. I appreciate the opportunity to be able to spend a summer getting to know them all and being able to be a part of the National Watch and Clock Museum.

Sarah, Penn State University
Museum Intern

A Busy Week in Museum Education

This week during the Make and Take was much more successful than last week. With around seven participants, my volunteer, her friend, and I were kept busy. In addition to the Make and Take, we worked on tracing cuckoo clocks on foam for an outreach program taking place on August 1st. I had to go to the local craft store in order to get more foam sheets. I also worked on copying more slideshows to create jpegs images for the conversion of the slideshows to a more useful format. The staff was kind enough to have an intern "thank you lunch" for us. The food was delicacy.

We're converting our long-list of slide programs into more web--friendly formats.

In the Library, I continued to work on the Theodore Crom collection. I was able to get through Box 14 and 15. It was interesting to see all the people that Crom knew including James Gibbs. Sara showed me the oldest book in the library’s collection. The book was so interesting to see and touch. It is not every day someone gets to hold a book that is over 400 years old!

Sarah, Penn State University
Museum Intern