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2.
Cindy Novak, Director of Volunteers at the Planes of Fame
Museum Chino, CA
Contact number: (909) 597-3722 (only available on Saturdays)
Contact email: cindy.novak@planesoffame.org
Bernard Olley, Museum Assistant at Duxford Imperial War
Museum Duxford, UK
Contact number: +4407759341785 (Museum #)
Contact email: None
Gordon Turner, Conservation Officer at Duxford Imperial War
Museum Duxford, UK
Contact number: +4407759341785 (Museum #)
Contact email: None
3.
The following questions were raised during my visits to both
museums:
To Bernard Olley:
Q: What is your name?
Q: What is it like to work in a facility of this scale?
Q: You said you were a museum assistant?
Q: As a museum assistant what is the important thing to know
about your job / or what to know?
Q: What did you perceive your career before you joined?
Q: What do you think of Duxford compared to other museums?
Q: Why do you continue to work here even though like you
said there are more famous museums out here?
Q: I’m trying to focus more on the technical aspects of the
pieces so how does knowing that play an important role with the museum
experience of the visitor?
To Mr. Gordon Turner:
Q: What is your name?
Q: What do you do here Mr. Turner at Duxford?
Q: What do you think of your field before you joined here?
Q: What do you think of working in this environment with
these kinds of people in this kind of environment?
Q: Why did you choose working at Duxford compared to other
museums or why?
Q: What is something important to know for someone in your
profession?
4.
The most important thing I gained from visiting the Duxford
Imperial War Museum and Planes of Fame and talking with the staff is that museum
workers can come from different backgrounds such as ex-air force, middle
schoolers, art students, college graduates, and aeronautics engineers. Even
though they hail from different backgrounds, their love for history and the
fact they want to spread their passion through their work is what
differentiates a volunteer who only works for a few weeks, compared to one who
works for 10+ years.
5.
My senior project topic is going to be about museums and
will focus on the many aspects that run a museum. I chose this because my
travels to museums across the world have taught me that whenever a group of
people take the time to preserve what they can for the future, the end result
will be the preservation of their own history. Though I am starting as a
cleaner, I hope to learn more about the process that goes behind a museum by
working my way up.
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