Museum Studies Blog at Tufts University

Summary of Internship
The Visitor Learning Division of the Education Department is responsible for ensuring a positive learning experience for all museum visitors, including school and adult tour groups, and the general public. The Gardner Museum offers opportunities for visitors to engage in discussions about works of art, learn about the history of the museum, and to better understand the ways that Isabella Gardner’s legacy continues in the museum’s programmatic efforts today. The intern plays an important role assisting education staff in planning for and implementing these learning opportunities by working with volunteers, groups in the galleries, providing administrative support, and assisting with audience research.

Responsibilities
• Administrative assistance managing the Museum Volunteer corps of 150+; coordination of daily pre-shift volunteer meetings
• Greeting and coordinating arrival of self-guided groups
• Completing final steps of the group registration process (filing group registration forms, sending confirmation letters)
• In-gallery work with visitors on a regular basis
• Overseeing the organization of materials in Living Room and Volunteer Lounge
• Undertaking of substantial project that explores an issue in museum education that supports the work of the Visitor Learning division; projects are tailored to an intern’s skills and interests
• Other administrative duties as assigned

The Gardner Museum is committed to affording equal opportunities to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disabilities, marital status or sexual orientation. Candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply. The Museum is proud to embrace the goals of Commonwealth Compact (http://www.umb.edu/commonwealth_compact/about) and pledges to measure its progress toward those goals over time, using the Commonwealth Compact benchmarks.

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