Today was my first official day as an intern. I started
building a rough draft of a timeline of the Museum's history for the exhibit
we will be designing. My main source for events and dates was: "A
Continuing History and Recollection of the Activities of the Wake Forest
University Museum of Anthropology: 1980-2008" edited by Beverlye H. Hancock. I
partnered the information found in this document with photos from the Museum's
archives.
I started with the year 1957. While the Museum was not
actually formed in this year, it was the beginning of efforts to build a museum
to further student’s learning. In this year, a student arranged for the donation of
a display case to the Department of Sociology (which at the time was combined with the
Department of Anthropology). A small exhibit of prehistoric Native American
artifacts was then arranged in the case and displayed in Wingate Hall. From
there on, faculty and students started working with the University to establish
a museum.
I made it up to the mid-late 1980s before having to leave for
class. During this time, the Museum was preparing for its move from Reynolda Village to its current location on campus.
My favorite part of this project so far has been reading
about the MOA and then going through the boxes and finding pictures of the
exhibits, people and events described.
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