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Welcome to the City Museum of Art. I'm Doctor Shirley Johnson, the director of the museum internshipprogramme (program).
Today, I'll be giving you an oral orientation to the museum. And our museum administrator's internship programm.
Will we get a chance to tour the museum today?
Yes, we'll start right now with the tour of the building. We'll skip the basement.
Most of that part of the building is devoted to our conservation, which won't be part of your internship.
Let's begin here on the ground floor with the museum offices.
I guess this is where we'll be spending most of our time, helping with the office work.
You'll spend some time working in here, so you can learn what the administrative duties involve.
But you also get a chance to experience all aspects of museum work. This room in here is the museum tours office.
I'm interested in that. I really like to help about the tours.
That's great. Because you all have a chance to lead some tours. And maybe even to develop a tour of your own too.
Let's go up to the second floor now.
: This is the board room in here, isn't it? Will we get to go to board meetings?
Only members of the board of directors attend those. Now, back here behind the galleries are the classrooms.
You are all welcome to attend any class you want and no charge.
But we won't be teaching any, will we?
No, the staff of the education department is responsible for that. Let's move up to the third floor now. And the research department.
Each of you will spend some time working in here.
Great. I'd like to help with the research.
We are working on some very interesting research project right now.
Also, as extension of your research work, you'll probably contribute to some of the museum's brochures.
I'm looking forward to that. I like writing about art. Another thing I've been hoping to be able to do is to meet some artists.
You are in luck then. We've planned a reception for the first day of your internship. And you have the chance to meet several local artists then.
Could you give us a little background of themuseum? I mean, when was it built and some information about the collections and things like that?
Of course. The main part of the museum was built in 1895, with a combination of public and private funds.
The new wing was built 60 years later, with the donation from the reign back family.
That part of the museum was built for the modern art collection, wasn't it?
Yes, it was. In the main part of the museum, we have a gallery devoted to works by local artists,
our sculpture collection and a small collection of classical European art.
You mentioned classes earlier. What kinds of the classesdoes the museum offer?
In our adult education program, we offer a series of art history classes. And for children, we have a program of arts and crafts workshops.
You can get a brochure from the office. That will give you more information.
I saw a lot of chairs set up in the main hall. What are those for?
Those are there for tonight's musical performance. We offer a weekly concert series during the fall and winter.
And of course, all of you are welcome to attend. Now, if there are no more questions, let's step into my office and I'll show you your schedules.