EMPLOYMENT | POSITIONS AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

2008 GETTY MULTICULTURAL UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIPS

Internship Title: 
J. Paul Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship-
Education Program Intern at the William S. Hart Museum

Location: 
William S. Hart Museum
24151 Newhall Avenue
Newhall, CA 91321

Semester:  Summer
Duration:  10 weeks
Days of the Week:  Monday - Friday
Hours:  40 hours/week
Pay Rate:  $8.75/hour

Qualifications:
The Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship at the William S. Hart Museum is intended specifically for outstanding students who are members of groups currently underrepresented in museum professions: individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent.  Eligible applicants must be currently enrolled undergraduates who either reside or attend college in Los Angeles County, will have completed at least one semester of college by June 2008, and will not graduate before December 2008.  Candidates are sought from all areas of undergraduate study and are not required to have demonstrated a previous commitment to museum education.

Description:
The purpose of the internship is to plan and develop a lecture series for the William S. Hart Museum.  The intern will research topics relating to the Hart Museum such as western art, Native American history, and silent films.  After identifying topics for the lectures, the intern will select artifacts from the Hart Collection that relate to the lecture topics.  Each set of artifacts will be displayed for a period of time leading up to the lecture day.  Although the intern will be responsible for developing topics for and artifacts supporting the lectures, the intern will only be responsible for locating a lecturer for the first lecture.  The first lecture of the series will launch at the close of the internship.  Intern may use the resources of Hart Museum staff and Natural History Museum staff.

Additionally, intern will work with the Hart Museum's collection including the cleaning and rotating of Hart’s Navajo rug collection.  The intern will have a well rounded look at the running of a small museum, and may be asked to assist with leading public tours of the Museum, learning about conservation techniques and exhibit designing, and experiencing small museum management.

Intern training will include learning about William S. Hart and his relevance to local history, as well as museum conservation and pedagogy.  S/He will work closely with the Museum’s Administrator and Education and Collections Coordinator for guidance on her/his project.  Additionally, as part of the intern’s continuing education, field trips to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the Page Museum along with other local institutions such as Los Angeles County Museum of Art will be planned. 

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