September 27, 2018
Diary of an NUS Museum Intern is a series of blog posts written by our interns about their experiences during the course of their internships. Working alongside their mentors, our interns have waded through tons of historical research, assisted in curatorial work, pitched in during exhibition installations and organised outreach events! If you would like to become our next intern, visit NUS Museum’s student development page for more information.
Wei Qi is a third-year English Literature student at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Wei Qi assisted the collections team on various projects and exhibitions during her time here as our Collections Intern.
Ping.
My inbox lights up with an email among the slew of assignments in the rush of reading week. I spare a quick glance, cursor hovering over the ‘delete’ icon. My gaze catches on the words ‘internship’ and ‘NUS Museum’. I pause.
‘I love art’ is what I think I should say, but that’s probably too broad a statement, and one that sounds much grander than it really is. I love drawing. I love reading. My ambitions draw to a stop there. Maybe working in a museum doesn’t quite fit my not-ambitions, but my recklessness is inspired.