Summer Internship Opportunity at Anasazi State Park Museum

Anasazi State Park Museum is located in Boulder, UT. Boulder is a small
town located in picturesque southcentral Utah between Dixie National
Forest and the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. The park is
also a short distance from Capital Reef National Park and Bryce Canyon
National Park. The area has many hiking, backpacking and camping
opportunities. Within the park is one of the largest Ancestral Pueboan
communities west of the Colorado River. It is believed to have been
occupied from AD 1160 to 1235 and may have housed as many as 200 people.
Archaeological excavations at the site have revealed more than 100
structures and have produced over 100,000 artifacts. 

Position Summary: This is an internship that will expose the intern to
projects and duties in all areas of a state park museum. The intern will
spend a certain amount of time determined at the beginning of the
internship in each area of the museum: curation, interpretation, visitor
services and administration. However, the focus of the internship will
be a specific project chosen by the intern in either interpretation or
collections management. Work is performed under general supervision of
the museum curator.

Duties may include:  

Collections management: Inventory of the museum collection, storage
upgrades for museum collection, object photography, environmental and
Integrated Pest Management monitoring, catalog photographs, and organize
museum archives. 

Interpretation: Develop and conduct interpretive programs, develop
interpretive materials, create a curriculum based program for school
children, develop a new temporary exhibit, plan and organize a special
event. 

Visitor services: Fee and gift shop sales collection, provide visitors
with area information. 

Administration: Assist park manager with tasks as assigned. 

Qualifications:  Must have a strong interest in working with
collections or interpretation. Candidates must be capable of precise and
detail-oriented work. A background in museum studies or archaeology is
preferred. 

Employment Period: 10 weeks @ 40 hours per week Flexible dates between
May and August.

Salary: $75 a week with free housing in the park.

How to apply:  Please fax, email or mail your resume with 3
professional references to the address listed below by March 30,2005. 
If you have additional questions please contact:

Michelle Wolfe
Museum Curator
Anasazi State Park Museum
PO Box 1429
Boulder, UT 84716
Phone: (435) 335-7308
Fax: (435) 335-7352
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