About 40 years ago, I visited the Natural History Museum in London. They had a glassed-in area where this guy was bringing a fossil out of a rock, and it totally blew my mind! Nobody had *ever* seen this bone before, and it hadn't seen the light of day for millions of years... How cool is that???
Basically lost interest once they started talking about 'how to get this job'. Burke's fossil 'volunteer' program says 'hey, you'll take a bunch of these classes, then be expected to do so many volunteer hours per month'. The requirements are 18+ and good with your hands. This 'position' feels like a lie. You can email them almost a year in advance for 'next seasons' openings and they're always full no matter what. But nowhere on their website does it say 'sorry, this program closed now'. In email correspondence I was told to sign up for site newsletters for when these programs are available again. It's been over a year, and I've not received a single newsletter/email. Really makes me feel like museum work is just an exclusive club filled with people who want to keep it exclusive to whoever is already part of the 'in' crowd and not let anyone else in. Maybe I should switch majors from museum work/anthropology. Museums/science doesn't need fresh eyes from people actually committed instead of bored kids during the summer, I guess.
About 40 years ago, I visited the Natural History Museum in London. They had a glassed-in area where this guy was bringing a fossil out of a rock, and it totally blew my mind! Nobody had *ever* seen this bone before, and it hadn't seen the light of day for millions of years... How cool is that???
I have a fossil that I need cleaned. Dinosaur skull
Basically lost interest once they started talking about 'how to get this job'. Burke's fossil 'volunteer' program says 'hey, you'll take a bunch of these classes, then be expected to do so many volunteer hours per month'. The requirements are 18+ and good with your hands. This 'position' feels like a lie. You can email them almost a year in advance for 'next seasons' openings and they're always full no matter what. But nowhere on their website does it say 'sorry, this program closed now'. In email correspondence I was told to sign up for site newsletters for when these programs are available again. It's been over a year, and I've not received a single newsletter/email. Really makes me feel like museum work is just an exclusive club filled with people who want to keep it exclusive to whoever is already part of the 'in' crowd and not let anyone else in. Maybe I should switch majors from museum work/anthropology. Museums/science doesn't need fresh eyes from people actually committed instead of bored kids during the summer, I guess.