The Fuisiliers London Museum - Voices from the Front 1914: Experiences
Channel: TheFusilier MuseumLondon
Date: 27/06/2014

For the past week, we have had our work experience at the Fusilier Museum. On our first day, we were informed more about the background of the Fusiliers, and the museum as well; we were also given time to look around the museum itself as well. In addition to this, we got to see how the 'Modes' system catalogues all of the pieces that belong to the museum. The system stored a brief profile of the item, and it tells us about where the document is. After this, we were briefed about the project that we were going to work on for the week.

The project was for us to produce an oral piece about the beginning of the First World War, focusing on the 4th Battalion RF. Our main focus was on the 4th Battalion because they were involved from the August the war began. We selected the resources that were going to need to use by using the 'Modes' archive. In the end, we decided to use Osborne's diary, citations and letters. Using the given resources from the archive, we complied our scripts to record a piece for the museum.

Whilst working on the project, we learned about who the Fusiliers were and how they ran their regiment during the beginning of the First World War. We also got to see more of the behind the scenes of how a museum is run, rather than just seeing of the displays like normal which was an interesting insight.