Young Ambassadors 2022 Internship Blog

  Week #4 - Internship Journal Blog Museum of History, Anthropology and Art of the University of Puerto Rico by Rodolfo Enrique López-Gutiérrez/YAP 2022 This week was the most eventful week of my internship at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus. It was the week of orientations for the freshman students. New students would receive an orientation through campus, then they would visit the main building where there were several information booths with staff members to help and orientate students about all the locations and resources of information. The Museum had a booth at the activity. About an hour before the activity started, we brought brochures, the Taíno tattoos stamps, books based on the museum’s collections, books about Puerto Rican artists, an iPad to present a slideshow of its programs and services, and photos of a miniature 3D version of  “El Velorio”. We participated for three days; some days it was a bit slow, other days there were too many students to ...

  Week #2 - Internship Journal Blog Museum of History, Anthropology and Art of the University of Puerto Rico by Rodolfo Enrique López-Gutiérrez/YAP 2022 This week was a busy one and overall it was great! Tuesday was the usual, developing my workshop in the office and later after lunch I was at the archives. This time though I took a break from organizing since Lisa was giving a tour, and I accompanied her to the exhibition (therefore I have an idea of what it would be like when I give my own tour). She told me she gives her tours differently depending if it’s in the morning or afternoons. In the mornings, school, summer camp and tourist groups usually are more active and have more time to be around the museum,so she gives a complete tour of the museum, plus an interactive activity. In the afternoon, she shortens the tour and invites the guest to walk around the exhibition at their own pace since they likely had a long day and probably be tired. Tours also depend on the audience, if...