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MUSEUM ASSISTANT’S REPORT - (June 18th-July 30th)

Submitted to the Sidney Museum and Archives Board of Directors on August 15th, 2023
By
Orion Denroche
Museum Assistant & 2023 Summer Student

Waterfront Signage Project

- Completed research & image finding for agriculture panel, S.S Iroquois panel, marine
transport panel, and the James Island panel.
- All text and images for the Iroqoouis, agriculture, and marine transport panels have been
sent to peninsula signs, James Island information still in the editing process.

Display Creation

- Created artifact of the month for July as well as interpretive panels for the BC ferries
display.
- Completed research, image selection, panel creation, lighting, and physical layout of the
new longhouse display.

Collections Management

- Completed full inventory of the objects currently on permanent display upstairs, added
images & locations to the associated digital entries.
- Condensed & combined many duplicate profiles on catalogit (e.g. same thing under two
different titles - John Doe VS Doe, John / Sidney VS Sidney B.C.)
- Completed Full inventory of boxes 1-114 to ensure physical location of boxes matches
digital locations.
- Applied new standardized box labels & QR codes to all numbered boxes.

Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) Renovations / Miscellaneous

- Cleaned & emptied MPR for renovations, Disassembled & Reassembled Cabinets into
their new locations. Sealed edge of new countertop.
- Prepped for painting, helped with painting, cleaned & organized after paint dried.
- Re-mounted hooks, fire extinguishers, outlet covers, etc.
- Moved paint cabinet to locker 11 & tool cabinet to foxtrot hallway to unclutter MPR
- Moved new desk into Archives from storage lockers, disposed of old archives desk