Virtual Exhibitions

I’m just wrapping up my first week interning at the BarnumMuseum, and I’ve already seen and done so many interesting things that it’sdifficult to figure out where to start. First of all, it’s amazing just to be around so many artifacts.  Sometimes it’s easy to forget just how oldeverything is, and then all at once I’ll suddenly realize how much a certainitem has been through.  Yesterday, whilehelping to put away China, I looked down and saw P.T. Barnum’s initials on thelid of the little cup that I was holding. Realizing that this little cup had been held by P.T. Barnum some 150years ago, made the difference between past and present suddenly seem verysmall.  However the most exciting projectso far has been trying to work out the mystery of three Civil war diaries thatwe have at the museum.  Looking throughall the different Civil War items has shown some surprising connections betweenthe various artifacts and the city of Bridgeport as well.  I’ll post again next week to talk more aboutthe different things I’ve seen and done around the museum!