Chloé

The guy who called me the Whore of Babylon for teaching kids about Ancient Egypt as I stood there and nodded.

The woman who was deeply incensed that staff wouldn't open the cases so she could touch the organic objects.

The one guy who made me translate hieroglyphs on a stele for him, then was mad because it didn't say what he wanted it to say, and reported me for 'lying' to the public.

The parents who objected to the taxidermied animals having taxidermied genitalia because it was unseemly.

Those kids on a school trip who got on the floor in front of a mummy and started chanting 'we worship Ra' as their teacher desperately tried to get them to leave.

That guy who manhandled a 500 year old tapestry like it was an IKEA shower curtain

The woman who said “it’s a codpiece, you fool!” at her companion as they looked at another tapestry, on which a central figure is wearing an especially prominent codpiece

The people who’ve asked me if our founder made everything in the collection. yes, all the painting and sculpture and stone masonry and weaving and lacemaking. all made by one person. Sure.

the drunk guy who asked me if the Virgin Mary was the Mona Lisa’s sister

the woman who opened the second of two drawers of 2000 year old preserved sandals and exclaimed “great, more flip flops”

The lady who’s dead husband broke his tooth on our organ

My mother, who has to physically restrain herself to stop from touching everything

The kid who opened the door and yelled at his friends “come on guys! Lets go to the museum! I haven’t been here before” then shut the door sadly and walked away when they said “the museum? No.”

The woman who’s toddler was crying and she picked them up and went “WOAH IS ME, ITS SO HARD BEING A BABY”

All the people that come in trying to donate their old junk

Sharing old drawings from last year

Underneath is a simple flow chart that begins with a clip-art graphic of an old wooden arched door with carved stone surrounds. The chart points to two boxes in succession below.

The first box: That all depends.

I made a page 2 months ago for the week and just never picked it back up again 😔 here's to hoping I can get through this week of writing every day just like I used to 💜