By Christina Kattikatt

This summer I had the privilege to do my internship at a museum in Kerala. It would be a lie to say that I always found museums fascinating. As I child I remember visiting many museums ranging from the Smithsonian National Air and Space, Washington, D.C. to North Carolina Museum of History. But my admiration for these places was short-lived and often forgotten (as compared to visits to theme parks and zoos). Museums were just a place we went to visit to get information and dream about things we have only heard of (dinosaur fossils, a replica of space shuttles, etc.). But with my internship at Kerala Museum, I realized that there is much more to a museum than just being a place where objects are displayed.

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