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In 2017 I began working at the Imperial War Museum (IWM) as an Archive Assistant with the Museum Archive. It was my first job in the sector after graduating from university and studying Modern and Contemporary History. I had used my local archive at university for a research project but I had little knowledge of what working in an archive would entail. Like most people interested in history, I decided I wanted to work in the museum sector. I set about gaining some work experience and ended up volunteering in a couple of local museums where I supported the Learning teams in bringing their collections and exhibitions to life for school children and the local community. My roles were often to create an engaging narrative to tell the stories behind the collections, which often needed little input from me as the fascinating stories told themselves! http://bit.ly/2StdVmw http://bit.ly/2StdVmw+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra