The keepers of history and culture

Ms. Phan Thi Kim An - Grade III Heritage Officer - Provincial Museum, explains the museum to visitors.

1. After graduating from the Museum major in 2013, Ms. Pham Thi Thuy Dung worked at the Provincial Museum. Here, she was assigned to work in the warehouse. Thanks to that, she had the opportunity to research and learn deeply about each item, artifact, and document to accumulate more knowledge about the history and culture of the nation.

Many people think that the work at the Provincial Museum is quite leisurely and easy, but on the contrary, those working at the Provincial Museum must love their job and be willing to work hard to be able to handle the task of classifying and arranging scientifically according to materials and storage location.

Ms. Dung confided: “For us, doing a good job of preventive preservation is extremely important, requiring the responsibility of the entire unit, a regular process of operation to prevent and slow down deterioration, reduce the risk of damage, maintain the integrity of artifacts, and help save a huge amount of money for the unit. Good preservation is the only way to maintain the value of the past for the future, because each artifact in the museum has its own cultural and historical value, containing the soul of the nation. And when we learn the meaning, we are very happy and have more motivation to stick with museum work.”

Due to family matters, Ms. Dung worked at the Provincial Museum for 6 years and then quit. She thought she had "lost her fate" with artifacts that are "witnesses" of history, but her great love for culture and history urged her to return to this familiar job. Now, she not only does a good job in the warehouse but is also a good tour guide, clearly understanding the value of each artifact at the Museum, contributing to bringing cultural and historical values closer to the people.

2. Since childhood, Ms. Phan Thi Kim An has had a special love for history. The more she learned about history, the more she discovered gaps that books did not record. Meanwhile, the field of Archaeology is considered to specialize in "turning over the pages of history underground" to fill in the gaps in history. Knowing this information, she registered for the exam to study Archaeology.

Ms. An shared: "For women studying Archaeology, it will be more difficult and inconvenient than for men, but if you love the profession, you will overcome all difficulties and hardships."

After graduating from university, Ms. An applied to work at the Provincial Museum. With her existing knowledge and 10 years of experience working in the museum, Ms. An accumulated a lot of multi-dimensional knowledge about culture and history.

Ms. An added: “Staff and employees at the Provincial Museum have to do many jobs such as: storage, collection, research, inventory, preservation, explanation, archaeology,... Through each job, I will gain new knowledge that sometimes no one has discovered. When I discover things like that, I feel happy and have more motivation to pursue my passion and stick with the job for a long time.”

Considering the Provincial Museum as their second home, an indispensable “piece” of their lives, Ms. Dung and Ms. An continue their journey as narrators and constantly learn to improve their expertise and skills. For them, a good narrator is not someone who knows the lesson well, instead, the narrator must be able to convey different content depending on each target group. And when cultural and historical values are conveyed sufficiently and correctly, it will contribute positively to the preservation of national cultural identity./.

Minh Thu

Source: https://baolongan.vn/nhung-nguoi-giu-gin-lich-su-van-hoa-a200993.html