November 29, 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.
Jing Yi is a second-year student at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. During her time here as our Museum Outreach intern, Jing Yi assisted in research, conceptualisation and execution of the museum’s outreach programmes.
April 2018: The Application“Growing up, my aspirations were ever evolving – a lawyer, a doctor, an author- as
were my interests. The one thing that stayed is my love for stories. (…) I am hoping that the NUS Museum internship will allow me to not just learn about stories of different countries and their people in the region but will also give me the opportunity to tell their stories to others, to share my passion with others.”May 2018: Conservation Workshop
Lights out. Glow sticks. UV light. Art. Chemistry.Fast Forward 2 Months: My First Guided TourT-5.
The glass doors open. Murmurs. Deep breaths.
“Hi everyone, welcome to the NUS Museum, my name is Jing Yi, and I’m an intern with the museum. A little about the history of the museum. The NUS Museum goes all the way back to 1955, under the University of Malaya…”