August is almost gone, one more days left. It has been a very busy month for me—commuting between Boston and West Massachusetts every week. I have two internships: Monday at South Hadley MHC Art Museum, Tuesday to Friday at Boston MFA. Now one more week left and then school starts—can’t wait to see my friends, classmates and professors again!!!
MFA Boston is really a huge art museum with numerous tunnels and storage rooms underground—of course, since they have a huge collection. I’ve seen parts of the Chinese jade, ceramics and lacquer collection and I’ve already lost my way underground. My major job is researching on the Chinese highlight objects and some other cataloguing work. I love the job because I got familiar with MFA’s great Asian collections and got chance to go through their books and periodicals (the department library is filled with books of various languages: English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc.). But the best part is the discount I get with my staff card (!) in their wonderful shop and café~! Hahaha…
Compare to MFA Boston, MHC Art Museum is a small art museum with a few staff members. Each person has individual work to do but also helps with everything else. Here I got to know almost every part of the art museum: the object file, the back storage room, the mat cutter, the secret storage cabinet hiding in the gallery, etc. And, there is this fabulous Ice Cream Thursday to gather us together and “taste” ice cream and go through the Mad Libs that makes everyone laughs.
When I look back at my experience during the summer, I realize how much I get from my internship experience and how much I grow. Now summer almost ends and school starts in a week, and I look forward to future opportunities and challenges~!
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