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Professional Development Opportunity: Sustainability in Museums and the Role of the Museum Educator

Professional Development Opportunity: Sustainability in Museums and the Role of the Museum Educator

Next Thursday, October 1, the Greater Boston Museum Educators Roundtable (GBMER) is hosting a “working lunch” at the Concord Museum to talk about green practices in museums and how educators can get involved in the topic. The discussion will be led by Sarah Sutton, author of 

Free Admission to Museums THIS Saturday!

Free Admission to Museums THIS Saturday!

If you’re looking for something fun to do, or have been putting of a museum because it’s too expensive, here’s your chance! This Saturday, September 26, is Museums Day Live, when many museums offer free admission for you and a guest when you show your 

Survey – Please Help!

Survey – Please Help!

Thanks for reading our blog!

We’re currently remodeling to ensure its continued relevancy to you and the field in general. We would greatly appreciate your feedback! We’ve created a survey that asks about what you are interested in seeing in the blog, and has space for you to share any new ideas you might have. It should only take about 5 minutes to complete, but it will help us immensely. Please fill it out when you have a few spare moments.

Thanks to those of you who already got our email through Tufts and have already filled out the survey – please bear with us as we put out one more plug so we can get lots of perspectives!

Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tbOZZxDj92OdC9Plm3fLoFgW28Y9-Nibg4hvBR6H3Xg/viewform?usp=send_form

Thank you so much for your help! We greatly appreciate it. Best wishes to all those starting new jobs and new semesters!

Colleen & Jess

Weekly Jobs Roundup!

Weekly Jobs Roundup!

Here’s our weekly roundup of new jobs. As always, they go up immediately on their own page. Happy hunting! Interim Public Programs Manager [Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT] Digital Interpretive Specialist [The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY] Hawthorne House/Hooper Hathaway House Docent Volunteer [The 

Hawthorne House/Hooper Hathaway House Docent Volunteer [The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA]

Hawthorne House/Hooper Hathaway House Docent Volunteer [The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA]

Hawthorne House/Hooper Hathaway House Docent Volunteer The House of the Seven Gables Salem, MA As a key member of the Visitor Service Team, Nathaniel Hawthorne House/Hooper Hathaway Docent and Exhibit monitors interact with guests while answering questions and monitoring guest behavior in the self-guided areas 

Muesum Store Volunteer [The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA]

Muesum Store Volunteer [The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA]

Muesum Store Volunteer

The House of the Seven Gables Salem, MA

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. Please contact Melissa Reynolds, Human Resource Manager, at mreynolds@7gables.org or 978-744-0991 ext. 111. Applicants, as well as position incumbents, who become disabled as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act must be able to perform the essential job functions (as listed) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by management on a case by case basis. “The House of the Seven Gables is committed to the principle of equal employment/volunteer opportunity.” Posted on: 09/14/2015