In January our volunteer coordinator will send out the annual volunteer interest assessment - where folks tell us if they want to be solicited for events in the new year. We have about 400 names on the list, with maybe 250 active volunteers. Most of our volunteers are involved in staffing special events.
This year the coordinator wants to also make it a skills assessment - to survey our current volunteers on the skills they have that they might offer in other volunteer activities besides event staffing. But she's having a difficult time coming up with descriptive phrases for the types of skills, or deciding if it should be more open-ended.
Do you gather skills or task requests from your volunteers?
Cindy Boyer
Director of Museums and Education
The Landmark Society of Western New York
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Rochester NY 14608
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:20 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] collection/exhibit internship
The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Hastings, Nebraska
seeks applicants specializing in exhibits and collections for a 6 month
internship to begin in early 2010. [Time frame to be determined with
selected individual's schedule. The internship is to be completed by
September 30th, 2011.] The intern will work with the museum's Curator of
Collections and Curator of Exhibits. The individual will have access to the
collections and research facilities, participate in the development of the
summer in-house exhibit and participate fully with the museum staff.
Working in consultation with the Curator of Collections, the intern will
assist in Collection Management projects such as: re-housing, re-locating
and the photographing artifacts; data entry; research; artifact handling and
display.
When working with the Curator of Exhibits the intern will assist in graphic
design, exhibit label writing, mounting digital prints, mounting and cutting
exhibit labels, desktop publishing and/or computer illustrating using
applications such as Illustrator, Adobe Photo Shop, and In Design. Tasks
may also include building, painting, staining, and fabricating custom mounts
and brackets. Other projects that contribute to the museum's education and
marketing programs are encouraged.
Candidates will have completed courses towards a master's degree in museum
studies, with an emphasis in museum exhibits and/or collections and a
bachelor's degree in History, Anthropology, Natural Sciences or related
field. Candidates must be able to work in a group and individually, have
strong organizational skills and demonstrate a strong interest in a museum
career.
Please apply with a cover letter describing your training, interests and
previous areas of research.
Contact:
Rebecca Matticks, Museum Director
P.O. Box 1286
Hastings, Nebraska 68901
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Duration: 6 months
Salary: $9.90 per hour
The city of Hastings is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson, curator
Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Hastings, NE
402-461-2399
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