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!

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