Museum Studies Blog at Tufts University

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 (including processing new memberships), maintain constant communication with archive and marketing committees, record volunteer hours, act as a liaison between committees to ensure proper communications and status reports, provides support to volunteers’ recruitment process, publish volunteer opportunities on Craigslist, Volunteer Match and other job posting sites, updates the museum’s visitors list, upload and manage documents on Google Drive, process feedback and mailing list sign up forms, add contacts to Constant Contact account, updates Google Calendar, welcome visitors, other duties as assigned. Desired qualifications: Excel database management and use of Word Doc. Phone skills. Filing skills. Customer Service. Volunteer must have a laptop computer. To apply, candidates should send a copy of their resume to thewestendmuseum@gmail.com. Posted on: 12/01/2015

Founded in 1936 by artist Edith Barry, the Brick Store Museum is a history and art museum and archives housed within five 19th-century buildings in Kennebunk’s National Register Historic District. The Museum is offering a paid education internship for winter/spring 2016. The intern’s primary project will be to conduct historical research, develop and facilitate a new educational program for local schools to be completed for May field trips. Other projects may include but are not limited to: historical research for upcoming exhibits, program development, development of school and classroom resources, and contributing to website content. Experience in the following areas is preferred: working with children in academic or informal learning environments; written communication skills; public speaking; educational theory and practice; Maine’s Common Core Standards; computer skills. Send cover letter and resume to edirector@brickstoremuseum.org by January 8th. Stipend: $500.00 Posted on: 12/02/2015