Internship: Neville Public Museum: December 2007

Internship: Neville Public Museum

This blog will act as my means to record my experiences at the Neville Public Museum. I will be working as an Intern there from January until May of 2008 to satisfy my requirments through the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay as well as my own academic development as this will allow me to work outside of the classroom. I will post a brief summary of my activities after each day of work and use this to reflect on my experiences.

About Me

Name: Shawn Niemann

Location: Green Bay, Wi, United States

I am finishing my fourth year at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. I will be graduating this Spring with a B.A. in History. I plan on attending Graduate School shortly thereafter. I am currently working on a research project which examines the evolution of America's "beer culture" over the last 30 years.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Orientation

Today was an informative one. I had a lot of fun learning the ins and outs of the museum. Sara was showing me the ropes and I helped her inventory and measure several folders containing WWI posters. It was interesting to get a feel for the mentaility of the time. Ive studied WWI before, but I dont think you can get a better primary source than those posters when trying to understand society's view of the war at the time. This was only a brief shift as I had Ancient Greece at 1:00, but it made me a little more comfortable as far as the day to day operations go.