Today....was...bizzzzzzzay.
It started out with me taking notes for the annual Volunteer Meeting. Stuart joked that I was there to make sure that the volunteers wouldn't get violent, but I was more the note taker for the whole meeting. But, before hand I manned the café and made sure the volunteers had their tea/coffee/water/biscuits. Then we sat down for the meeting and I scribbled away on everything that was being said. Events were discussed for the next year, including the volunteer outing, an event in June celebrating plasticine, and films to be presented over the year.
After the meeting, Stuart had be type up the notes and send them to him so he could edit the notes and send them out to the volunteer team. Then after I had sent him the notes, he had me sit down and do some research on a new accession the museum received.
It was an early Edwardian camera, but it was missing a few bits and pieces. The camera itself was missing the piece that connected the camera to the tripod. I haven't yet figured out what kind of camera it is, but I know that it was manufactured no earlier than 1890 and no later than 1910.
After that, Stuart had set up a meeting for me with Mr. Philip Wooster, who is busy preserving some old parchment of his family’s work yard in Bath. Philip came to the Museum of Bath at Work to look at and get advice on how to preserve a lot of the parchment that he has in his possession. I already know a little bit on preservation, but I'm looking a lot toward my old museum studies professor for her advice on what i should advise Mr. Wooster.
After my hour long meeting with Mr. Wooster, Stuart let me go and that was around 3:45. I was exhausted but I still had my meeting with Andrew, who was a little shocked at how much work Stuart gave me. But I’d rather be worked to the bone instead of barely doing anything.
King of looking forward to next Wednesday after working all day today, but it’s fine. If Stuart wants me to work all day next week, I’ll work. Get that work experience, jah feel?
