Category: Volunteer Opportunities (Page 13 of 18)

Museum Store Volunteer

Description:

The Museum Store Volunteer works to ensure the highest level of museum experience in the Museum Store. The volunteer must provide excellent customer service and greet and engage visitors in conversation for the purpose of sharing information about the museum, store merchandise, programs and exhibits.

• Welcome guests that enter the Museum Store
• Answer guest questions regarding the historic site, Salem and surrounding area, other attractions in town in a positive and non-opinionated manner.
• Recommend other attractions based on guest’s expectations
• Assigned a duty in the back rooms of the store to help watch for potential shop lifting if this occurs will notify paid staff
• Dust and clean shelves when communicated by Museum Store Manager

Qualifications:

• Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills
• Must have the ability to deal effectively and courteously with the public and other staff members
• Ability to accept supervision, work both independently and in a group, and be flexible to changing situations.
• Must be guest focused
• Have a basic knowledge of historic Salem
• Be presentable, well groomed, and wear name badge with lanyard (given by The Gables)

How To Apply:

The Gables will be having a Volunteer Orientation meeting on Thursday, June 18th from 10am-12pm. We encourage anyone that would like to volunteer to attend. Please contact Melissa Reynolds at 978-744-0991 ext. 111 or mreynolds@7gables.org if you plan on attending. If you can’t attend and would still like to volunteer please contact Melissa and set up another time to come in.

The House of the Seven Gables is committed to the principle of equal volunteer opportunity. Under no circumstances will The House of the Seven Gables discriminate against qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religious creed, retaliation, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender, disability, mental illness, genetics, choice of health insurance, marital status, age, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable law.

Apply by:
June 30, 2015

Museum Guide

Description:
Are you interested in becoming a deCordova Museum Guide? Museum Guides help visitors make connections with contemporary art by conducting tours in the Sculpture Park and Museum. If you like to work with people, learning about contemporary art, and have time to volunteer, consider joining deCordova’s outstanding team of Guides. If you would like to just learn more, attend the Museum Guide Information Session on Monday, June 8 10:30 am – 12 pm at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA 01773

Qualifications:

Time to commit to volunteering

Enjoy Learning about art

Enjoy working with people of all ages and abilities

How To Apply:

For more information and application, visit: http://www.decordova.org/join-give/volunteer or contact Emily Garner at 781.259.3663 or egarner@decordova.org.

Apply by:
June 29, 2015

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is currently seeking a diverse group of individuals who share a love for teaching and art to join the Museum Teacher Program. A strong interest in open-ended teaching approaches, love of learning, desire to work with people of all ages and backgrounds, and strong communication skills are essential. Previous museum teaching experience or knowledge of art history is not necessary.

Museum Teachers are part of a dynamic community at the Gardner.  Trained by Education Department staff, Museum Teachers play a vital role in introducing the Gardner Museum and its collection to a wide variety of audiences through individualized, guided gallery experiences.  Using interactive teaching methods, they encourage close looking, facilitate discussion in the galleries, and help visitors make personally meaningful connections with the collection.

Interested applicants must attend a required information session on Thursday, May 28, 2015 from 9:30-11:30 am. This is an opportunity to meet museum staff and current Museum Teachers, learn more about the program, and participate in small group gallery discussions.

Applications to the program are due Thursday, June 4, 2015. Follow up interviews with selected candidates will take place June 15-26. Beginning in October 2015, training classes will be held on Wednesday mornings.

Qualifications:
Participation in a 10-month training program (starting in October 2015) is required, as is a 2-year commitment beyond the first training year.  The training includes learning about the collection from curators and other specialists, methods for object based teaching, strategies for facilitating inquiry and dialogue, and an introduction to theories of child and adult development. Once fully trained, museum teachers are asked to give five tours per month (or 60 tours per year), attend monthly meetings and continuing education trainings held throughout the year.

How To Apply:

To rsvp for the information session, receive an application, or request more information, please contact Leah Kandel at 617 278 5147 or via email at lkandel@isgm.org.

Apply by:
June 04, 2015

About this Organization:
The Museum was the creation of Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) ‘for the education and enjoyment of the public forever.’ Since opening to the public in 1903, the Gardner has served as a center for ideas and life-long learning in its community – a tradition that is kept alive today through an array of interpretive, creative, educational, horticultural, artistic and scholarly programs.