Call for What We’re Reading Submissions

Call for What We’re Reading Submissions

We know how difficult it can be to keep up with current museum literature during your busy everyday life, particularly if you no longer have a syllabus to guide you. Our goal is to provide our readership with up-to-date information about a wide variety of topics that 

Committee Coordinator Assistant (Volunteer) [The West End Museum, Boston, MA]

Committee Coordinator Assistant (Volunteer) [The West End Museum, Boston, MA]

Committee Coordinator Assistant (Volunteer) The West End Museum, Boston, MA Work schedule: 2 days a week, from 12-5pm. Total weekly hours: 10 hours a week. Description of duties: provides support to Committee Coordinator and President, contributes with event planning, helps membership committee with administration tasks 

Summer Intern [Museum Textile Services, Andover, MA]

Summer Intern [Museum Textile Services, Andover, MA]

Summer Intern Museum Textile Services, Andover, MA Museum Textile Services has one or more openings available for volunteer interns beginning in June, 2016. Conservation internships require a fifteen-week, one day per week commitment and provide a sound introduction to textile conservation treatments, philosophy, and literature. 

Writing and Editing Intern (Summer 2016) [Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA]

Writing and Editing Intern (Summer 2016) [Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA]

Writing and Editing Intern (Summer 2016) Description: The Communications Division of the Harvard Art Museums is accepting applications for a Writing and Editing Intern. Under the supervision of the Marketing and Communications Writer, the intern will learn about the role of a writer and editorial 

Education Internship [Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA]

Education Internship [Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA]

Education Internship at Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design Description: OVERVIEW: The Gallery Education Intern is a member of the Bakalar & Paine Galleries’ Education team; s/he assists with planning and implementing the Galleries’ educational programs including but not limited to 

Interpreting the Charlestown Navy Yard in Context

Interpreting the Charlestown Navy Yard in Context

Today’s post comes to you from Carlos Lu, current Tufts student in the Museum Education Master’s program. Here, he discusses an experience he recently had at the USS Constitution Museum. As part of training for my new position at the USS Constitution Museum, I visited