Westchester Children’s Museum Experience Facilitation Internship

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Job Description:
This internship will focus on Arts and Museum Management at the Westchester Children’s Museum through our hands-on approach to STEAM-based Museum Education. The Museum Experience intern will help to facilitate our Daily Programs, as well as assist in museum maintenance and exhibition preservation. The Museum Experience Intern will work with staff to assist with day to day activities as well as daily functions of the museum. Some of these responsibilities include:

  • Maintain a clean and safe environment

  • Promote the Power of Play by directly engaging with children and families to maximize their learning and enjoyment in the Museum

  • Lead Daily- drop in program, like read-alouds and leading songs, dances for large groups of children and their caretakers. (training will be provided)

  • Manage activities within assigned exhibit space

  • Prep materials for exhibits, activities, and Museum workshops

  • May be scheduled to host or assist the host at birthday parties-check in guests, work behind the scenes to clean and reset the Museum and party room area

  • Support Field trips at the museum

  • Assist guests with engagement of Museum exhibits

  • Prepare materials and run educational programs on different topics including STEAM subjects.

  • Run programs, tours and drop-in programs to children of all ages, from 18 months -middle school.

  • Maintain exhibits and gallery spaces during field trips, not limited to organizing and resetting toys, fixing or replacing exhibit parts, cleaning up litter & notifying managers of any missing or broken exhibit pieces

  • Interact with field trip leaders, reminding them of museum code of conduct policies, most importantly: (1) All children need to be accompanied by an adult guardian (the museum is not responsible for child supervision), (2) respect the under 3yo Toddler Beach, (3) no running or climbing in the museum galleries
    Works collaboratively and effectively with all WCM staff and volunteers.

Time Commitment:
Up to 10 hours per week
Can be short or long term internship
Must have reliable transportation to WCM

To Apply:
Please send your resume and cover letter to:
Julia Hunt, Museum Education and Experience Coordinator, Westchester Children’s Museum,
jhunt@discoverwcm.org