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Volunteer Concierge Staff The House of the Seven Gables Salem, MA To fulfill the Museum’s mission and goals, the Concierge volunteer staff member will assist primarily with greeting visitors and office-related projects, but also may help with other Museum programs and projects. As a key …
Event Planning Intern Description: The Fuller Craft Museum offers a unique venue for special events such as weddings, showers, fundraising and corporate retreats. We are looking for an Event Planning Intern to assist the Rentals Coordinator with planning of a bridal fair as well as …
Current students and museum professionals – consider attending the FREE Massachusetts Museums Day, hosted by NEMA on October 7. The event, located at the State House in Boston, strives to “build awareness and advocacy for the museum field. This is a great opportunity for museum studies students to practice advocacy and get a better picture of the field in action. Please participate! You can register at http://www.nemanet.org/resources/museum-support/advocacy/massmuseums-day/.
Massachusetts Museums Day
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Great Hall, Massachusetts State House
24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 01233
Here is more information about #MassMuseumsDay from the NEMA website:
Speak up for your museum, meet your legislators, and help us celebrate and advocate for all museums! Join us for an informal reception in the Great Hall, show off your museum’s unique resources and achievements, and hear from government and museum representatives about the importance of public support for Massachusetts’ cultural treasures.
We encourage museums, museum staff, students, and supporters across the state to attend. This event is free.
As of Thursday, September 10th, the fall exhibitions at the Tufts University Art Gallery are open to the public! The public reception is Thursday, September 17th from 5:00-7:30 in Remis Sculpture Court. Installation view of Shahzia Sikander’s Parallax. Photo by the Tufts University Art …
Development Internship Description: Intern will be working directly with the Manager of Foundations and Corporate Grants and the Membership Coordinator on all aspects of MASS MoCA’s fundraising activities, including research, grant-writing, direct mail, special events and database management. Intern will also assist in the preparation …
Now that fall is starting to get under way (sorry to say), we’d like to put out a call for any students or museum professionals who might want to write a guest post for this blog! Whether you have a vague idea of a topic you are interested in, you have something already written and are looking for a place to make it public, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d love to hear from you! You are also more than welcome to take something you have written for class and transform it into a post. You do not need to be a professional writer to contribute to the blog – Jess and I are happy to help with editing. From one time posts to recurring series, we are open to ideas.
If this sounds like something you are interested in, please email Colleen and Jess, your trusty co-editors, at tuftsmuseumblog[at]gmail[dot]com.