The first day I arrived at 08:45 thinking that I was supposed to meet my supervisor at that time. But arriving at the museum, I realized I was supposed to meet her at 09:30. To spend that free time, I wandered around the gift shop. At 09:30, my internship supervisor arrived, Mrs. Nicole Temple Vice President of the Youth Education Program. We went to the lower level of the museum, and I began to sort some promotional postcards. This was done while listening to My Chemical Romance, making the hour seem much shorter. Afterwards, I helped organize information packets for teachers so that they can do programs with the museum. After two hours of this, Mrs. Temple and I went to lunch as well as 5 of her colleagues. After lunch, Mrs. Temple let me explore the museum for 20 minutes. Since I have been to the museum countless times, I decided to see my favorite exhibition, the rocks and minerals exhibition. Each rock glowed with such a mysterious and beautiful aura, each clamoring for my attention. The twenty minutes seemed like one, and I returned to the lower level. There, I finished the information packets and I was told to help organize items in the materials collections. When I entered, I was in shock. The collection was a giant room filled with all sorts of curiosities, everything from glue and wire, to preserved snakes and dinosaur fossils. My job was to organize a tiny section of the room. It was a small corridor lined with shelves full of all sorts of craft materials. Organizing was no easy task, and I was greatly relieved when one of Mrs. Temple’s colleagues offered for me to open boxes. After a fun yet tiring day, I got home at 16:00, and was very excited to return.

Hello,

For school, I am going to go intern at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (hmns) for five days. It starts in two days, and I am quite excited about the experience.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.
–Louis Pasteur

 

Image Credit to the Houston Museum of Natural Science