Reflection

This was my first time curating a gallery guide for a museum, and it was a refreshing experience. Our focus on the material and cultural history of the cabinets and caskets opened my eyes to the depth of each object – how they were used, in what context they functioned in. As I was in charge of the illustrations of the objects that were to be included in the guide, it was interesting to see how much detail that the craftsmen placed in each object. The target audience that our group chose also enabled me to know more about how the museum works, and what kind of events the museum held that was not accessible to the typical general public, such as exhibition openings and galas.