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  • 1.  What surprised you most about museum work?

    Posted 02-24-2025 02:18 PM

    Dear All

    What surprised you most about museum work?  I think there are some obvious things about museum work like answering visitors questions. I am wondering what was not. I look forward to the responses.

    Thanks,

    Rachel



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    Rachel Alschuler
    Museum Education/ Visitor Experience
    San Francisco CA
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  • 2.  RE: What surprised you most about museum work?

    Posted 02-25-2025 07:58 AM

    The varying duties I will be doing each day. On paper, my main duties are typical for a curator. But I work at a small museum so the same day I am cataloguing a recent donation, I am probably also giving tours, cleaning bathrooms/museum, manning the gift shop, painting, etc. 



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    John Epp
    Curator
    Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
    Albany, NY
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  • 3.  RE: What surprised you most about museum work?

    Posted 02-25-2025 01:21 PM

    Dear John

    Sounds about right. When I was an intern during my grad program we cleaned most of the museum after closing and made sure to clean the VR head sets through out the day. 

    Thanks,

    Rachel



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    Rachel Alschuler
    Museum Education/ Visitor Experience
    San Francisco CA
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