Lake County Discovery Museum
Museum Education Assistant
The Lake County Discovery Museum’s Education Assistant is a year-long internship designed to give candidates an opportunity to work within the visitor services division of a nationally accredited museum. Areas of focus are museum education, public programming and summer camp, front desk/museum store staffing, and working with volunteers. Qualified applicants should have experience working with children in an informal educational environment. This could include museums, libraries, day care, summer camp, park districts, etc. A college degree in education, history, museum studies or related field is required.
The Lake County Discovery Museum is a nationally accredited museum and a department of the Lake County Forest Preserve District. Museum exhibits focus primarily on its collections that include the Lake County history archives and the world-renowned Curt Teich postcard archives. Special exhibitions also allow the Museum to explore a variety of subjects, including popular culture. This is a paid position and benefits include discounted forest preserve housing and forest preserve holidays.
Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to the Lake County Discovery Museum, Attn: Internship Coordinator, 27277 Forest Preserve Dr. Wauconda, IL 60084. Additional information about the museum may be found at the website
www.lakecountydiscoverymuseum.org.
Applications must be received by August 1, 2004.
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