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

Appreciating Clocks, One CD at a Time

This week the Make and Take Event had even more people coming in to make CD and flip flop clocks.  Having about a dozen people, my volunteer and I were busy helping people to make these clocks. CD clocks are still the favorite type of clock to make, but we had one child choose to make a pink flip flop clock. During the little down time between people coming in, my volunteer made a new Elf on a Shelf clock. This week, however, we tried putting the image down on a wooden plank instead of on a box. I worked on editing a new guide book that the Museum is in the process of producing. Additionally, I scanned in two more slideshows into JPEGS. Education Director Katie and I went to Michaels Arts and Craft Store and Bargain Books to look and purchase new items to make clocks out of.

Elf on a Shelf Clock

While in the library, I finished Box 4 of 5. Since Box 5 is only a half box, it should not take me too long to finish it. The photo pen and other new supplies came in this week so it was much easier to write on the photographs. I will also be able to files into paper inserts instead of plastic inserts. Due to the 4th of July holiday, my time in the library was cut short this week.

Sarah, Penn State University

Museum Intern

Internship Diversity: Education & Archives

This week at the National Watch and Clock Museum, the Make and Take event was even more successful with eight people coming to take part in the event. In between helping children make the CD and flip-flop clocks, my volunteer and I created an Elf on a Shelf Clock. It was an easy project to do at home by taking a box (cereal or a regular box) adding a clock motion, wrapping the box with Christmas wrapping paper, and adding the Elf on the Shelf paper design. In addition to these activities, I copied another lecture slideshow into a PowerPoint. This week also marked the first trip to an outside child care facility to have children make a CD clock.The children seemed to enjoy the experience and especially liked the coloring pages of different clocks found at the Museum.

Make and Take participants can make a Flip-Flop Clock.

In the Library, I continued working through the boxes of the James Gibbs Collection in the Archives to write the numbers of the back of each paper. I was able to start on Box 4 of 5, which means I should be able to finish next week hopefully. The library also received a large collection of photographs, which the other intern and I will begin working on this week. Luckily, the photographs are already separated with dates so going through the boxes will be much easier than the other collections I have gone through.

Sarah, Penn State University

Museum Intern