The Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum would like to announce three paid internship opportunities; two in our education department and one in exhibits development. Education Department Internship - The Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum is offering two part-time, paid internship positions in its Education Department for the spring semester of 2009. The WCHSM Education Department presents Waukesha County's history to visitors of all ages through on-site education programs, special events, spring and summer camps, Discovery Boxes, and outreach programs. The Education Intern will work directly with the WCHSM Director of Education in all aspects of the museum's education programming, including working behind the scenes and with the public and volunteers. The Education Intern may perform or contribute to any of the following: Tours and visitor services * Prepare, implement, and evaluate existing museum tour programs for scout, school, and adult groups * Develop new tour programs, which the intern may add to his / her future portfolio * Develop pre- and post-visit lesson plans and teacher's guides to exhibits * Evaluate and revise existing family guides * Develop a general museum guide Events * Schedule, develop, and implement programming to coincide with traveling exhibits * Develop, implement, and evaluate Scout programs to be held on Saturdays throughout semester * Develop and implement spring and summer camp themes, programming, and schedule Outreach * Evaluate and revise Discovery Boxes' themes, content, related materials * Develop a teacher's guide to the WCHSM Education Department * Develop "Scout Out History" newsletter * Write bi-weekly articles on WCHSM historical markers and objects from collection for "Waukesha Now" inserts in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel * Write articles on Education Department programs for local newspapers and the TimeLine, WCHSM's monthly newsletter * Design promotional materials for Education Department programs Interns may also receive experience working with WCHSM's archival and three-dimensional collections by assisting the Archivist and Curator of Collections with research and collections management. The successful WCHSM Education Internship applicant will be creative, self-motivated, able to perform important but seemingly menial tasks cheerfully, and able to foster a sense of connection with WCHSM's interpretive themes. Most importantly, he or she will be passionate about engaging museum audiences with their own local history and performing original local history research. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited academic program as an upper-class technical college student, undergraduate senior, or graduate student. The successful candidates submit their advisors' contact information and copies of any academic requirements and paperwork before the internships begin. At the completion of the internships, the Education Interns will submit summations and evaluations of the internship experiences as well as any materials submitted to their academic institutions. The Education Internships require the completion of a minimum of 150 hours within three months for each intern. For this period, each intern will receive a $750 stipend. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, three references, and a program or writing sample by December 2 to: Elisabeth Engel Curator of Collections and internship coordinator Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum 101 W. Main St. Waukesha, WI, 53186 [log in to unmask] Exhibit Research Internship - The Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum is offering a part-time, paid Exhibit Research Internship for the spring semester of 2009. The Exhibits Research Internship will provide practical experience researching exhibits that present Waukesha County's history to visitors of all ages. In 2009, this may include WCHSM's spring traveling exhibit, "Growing Seasons: An American Farm Family at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century" or core exhibits with topics such as Waukesha's Springs Era, Native Americans of Waukesha County, etc. The intern will work directly with the WCHSM Curator of Collections and WCHSM Archivist in many aspects of the museum's exhibit research, including utilizing the two- and three-dimensional collections and researching secondary sources. The Exhibits Research Intern may perform or contribute to any of the following: Research * Research broad national themes and local stories that may connect the traveling exhibit's narrative to Waukesha County's past or that may be presented in a core exhibit * Perform background research for possible narrative and text * Perform literature reviews * Identify and photograph or scan objects and images that may be used the exhibit(s) Writing * Draft, revise, and rewrite text to be informative, audience specific, concise, well-written, and interesting and to meet standards defined and used by WCHSM * Assist in creation of gallery guide(s) for exhibit(s) The intern may also receive experience working with WCHSM's Education Department and its programming by assisting the Director of Public Education and Education Department staff with research on exhibits and objects from the collections for programming needs. The successful WCHSM Exhibits Research Internship applicant will be meticulous, self-motivated, able to perform important but seemingly menial tasks cheerfully, and able to foster a sense of connection with WCHSM's interpretive themes within an exhibit context. Most importantly, he or she will be passionate about engaging museum audiences with Waukesha County's local history through exhibit development and local history research. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited academic program as an upper-class technical college student, undergraduate upperclassman, or graduate student. The successful candidate will submit his or her advisor's contact information and a copy of any academic requirements and paperwork before the internship begins. At the completion of the internship, the Exhibit Research Intern will submit a summation and evaluation of the internship experiences as well as any materials submitted to his or her academic institution. The Exhibits Research Internship requires the completion of a minimum of 150 hours within three months. For this period, the intern will receive a $750 stipend. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, three references, and a writing sample by December 2 to: Elisabeth Engel Curator of Collections and internship coordinator Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum 101 W. Main St. Waukesha, WI, 53186 [log in to unmask] Elisabeth Engel Curator of Collections Waukesha County Museum 101 W Main Street Waukesha, WI 53186 (p) 262.521.2859 (f) 262.521.2865 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). 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