Fort Rinella is a fort located in Malta that has been restored as a museum by the Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna foundation. The author worked there for one month through the Erasmus Plus program. Their tasks involved welcoming visitors, providing information about the fort's history, and assisting in the gift shop. Working at the fort helped the author improve their English skills and become more comfortable interacting with tourists, despite initially being shy. They recommend traineeship programs to gain experience and meet new people from around the world. The host family made the experience very positive.

1. My Work Experience in
Fort Rinella Museum
10.01.2015-­‐10.02.2015
Erasmus Plus Malta

2. Fort Rinella Museum
Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna
Fort
Rinella
is
a
fort
built
during
the
Victorian
age.
Located
in
Malta
near
Kalkara
it’s
one
of
the
four
war
museums.
Since
1991
Fondazzjoni
Wirt
Artna
-­‐
Malta
Heritage
Trust
has
restored
the
fort
for
the
tourists.
The
foundaEon
is
a
voluntary
non-­‐governmental
organizaEon
acEve
in
the
field
of
heritage
preservaEon.

3. One
of
its
principal
objecEves
is
to
create
awareness
to
encourage
the
beMer
understanding
and
preservaEon
of
the
cultural
heritage
of
the
Maltese
islands.
For
this
reason,
over
the
years,
Fondazzjoni
Wirt
Artna
has
undertaken
the
rehabilitaEon
and
restoraEon
of
various
cultural
properEes.
Most
of
the
cultural
properEes
which
FWA
holds
in
trust,
are
made
accessible
to
the
public.
100 ton- gun

4. In
line
with
its
objecEves,
FWA
seeks
to
provide
the
visiEng
public
with
the
highest
form
of
interpretaEon
that
will
enable
a
beMer
understanding
and
appreciaEon
of
our
cultural
heritage.
For
this
reason
FWA
also
undertakes
to
build
and
maintain
cultural
collecEons
with
which
to
establish
museums.

5. The 4 Ps of Fort Rinella
Fort
Rinella
offers
only
one
type
of
product
but
with
different
prices:
• Adult:
€12
• Family
group:
€29
(2
x
Adults
plus
3
children
u/16yrs).
• Children
u/16yrs:
€5
If
you
want
to
see
the
others
war
museums
you
can
buy
a
MulE-­‐site
Heritage
Pass:
with
this
pass
you
can
see
Malta
at
War
Museum,
Lascaris
Museum
and
the
SaluEng
BaMery
with
a
discount

6. Fort Rinella’s Events
Fort
Rinella
organizes
different
themed
events
,
one
of
the
most
famous
ones
is
the
Roman
fesEval.
The
fesEval
includes
a
combinaEon
of
talks,
hands-­‐on
displays,
staEc
exhibiEons
of
weapons
and
equipment,
food
and
wine
tasEng
and
large-­‐scale
re-­‐enactments
depicEng
different
forms
of
Roman
warfare
in
the
field.

7. Cavalry display Re-enactor’s display

8. Fort Rinella’s Organization
For
one
month
I
worked
in
Rinella
with
an
incredible
person.
My
tutor
was
Claudia,
an
Italian
woman
who
decided
to
go
to
Malta
to
improve
her
English.
My
tasks
in
Rinella
were:
welcoming
people,
giving
informaEon
about
the
history
of
the
fort,
helping
with
the
donaEons
and
organizaEon
of
the
gia
shop.
I
was
an
assistant
with
another
girl.

9. My Challenges and My Outcomes
When
I
lea
to
Malta,
I
was
scared
about
the
traineeship
and
the
host
family.
While
the
Eme
passed
,
my
host
family
and
my
tutor
helped
me
to
fight
my
fears.
In
one
month
I
improved
my
English
and
my
abtude
with
people.
Thanks
to
this
traineeship
I
undestood
that
its
very
difficult
to
have
contact
with
tourists
if
you
are
a
shy
girl.

10. EvaluaEon
of
My
Traineeship

11. Advice
and
Host
Family
My
advice
for
people
who
do
a
traineeship
is
that
you
mustn’t
be
scared
about
the
traineeship
because
it
can
be
easy
if
you
believe
in
yourself.
You
will
have
fun
and
you
can
meet
new
people
from
different
places
in
the
word.
I
had
a
lot
of
luck
because
I
think
that
I
met
the
best
family
in
Malta.
They
were
incredible,
sweet
and
with
lots
of
happiness.
They
learned
to
love
me
as
a
daughter.
They
are
my
second
family.