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2010 Summer Internship Program
Custer Battlefield Museum
Garryowen, Montana, USA

Where the Battle of the Little Big Horn began . . . Garryowen, Montana
 
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Internship position with the Custer Battlefield Museum in beautiful Garryowen , Montana , 2010 Internship May-September (flexible).  Responsibilities include assisting the Director, admissions, answering questions and educating tourists in all aspects of the famous Battle of the Little Big Horn, 30-40 hours per week. The museum averages 100+ visitors daily and is open from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm daily from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Custer Battlefield Museum is a state approved tourist information center.  In addition to answering questions about the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument, and the Big Horn Canyon National Recreation Area, interns should be prepared to answer general questions about well-known national tourist sites:  Yellowstone National Park and Mount Rushmore National Memorial, as well as eastern Montana attractions that include Pompeys Pillar, Pictograph Caves and the Medicine Wheel in Wyoming.  Interns will be answering phones and giving directions.

Benefits include a meal allowance, and comfortable sleeping quarters located behind the museum in the historic town of Garryowen, which is located within the exterior boundaries of the Crow Indian Reservation. A tremendous on-site educational opportunity living in the wide-open spaces of Montana!

For more information, please contact Linda at the Custer Battlefield Museum at (406) 638-2020 or  E-Mail.
 
ORGANIZATION PROFILE:
The Custer Battlefield Museum is located in Garryowen, Montana, "Where the Battle of the Little Big Horn Began".  The museum's mission is to educate the general public on the Western Migration Movement and expansion, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn. This institution also collects, preserves and exhibits original artifacts,  Native American beadwork, photographs, paintings, rare books, and manuscripts related to Custer, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and other frontier subjects. Extensive exhibits of Native American and 7th Cavalry artifacts include many items excavated on the battle site, as well as ephemera attributed to G.A. Custer, Tom Custer, Crazy Horse, and other historical figures of the time.  

The Collection of more than 100 D.F. Barry period photographs on display has toured internationally and is now on permanent display. The Tomb of the United States Unknown Soldier, dedicated during the 50th anniversary of Custer’s massacre, is a highlight on the museum grounds and is maintained by this institution. During the 125th anniversary of  the Battle of the Little Big Horn a new monument was erected with life size busts of Sioux Chief Sitting Bull and 7th Cavalry General George Custer. Also exhibited is a facsimile of the signatorial rock pictograph attributed to Crazy Horse. The original was destroyed by vandals in 1963 , three miles from this museum .  

The Museum is a non-profit 501c(3) corporation, supported exclusively through private funding. The museum is located on the Historic Site where the Battle of the Little Big Horn began and where Sitting Bull’s camp was attacked by Lt. Col. George A. Custer’s command in 1876.
 
REQUIREMENTS: 
  • Must be age 21 or older
  • High School degree, some college
  • Enjoy interacting and visiting with the public
  • Personable, outgoing
  • Reliable, responsible
  • Intern should have a working knowledge of American history and a desire to learn.
  • Capable of learning new material and willing to spend time and expend the effort necessary to study material.
  • Able to work independently
  • Able to accept supervision
  • Physically able to lead tours around the museum
  • Enthusiastic, flexible
  • Knowledge &/or experience with Ebay or with e-commerce websites is helpful
  • Computer and website skills are helpful

INTERNSHIP PERIOD: Summer (Flexible)
LOCATION: Garryowen, Montana
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Until Filled
APPLICATION PROCESS: 
Resume
Cover Letter - which MUST INCLUDE the following information :

  • The time frame of when you would be available and references.
  • Please Indicate where you learned of our internship position and list the web site.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Linda Solberg
Assistant to the Director
P.O. Box 200
Garryowen, Montana 59031
406-638-2020
FAX:  406-638-2019
E-Mail:  linda@custermuseum.org
www.custermuseum.org
 
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This job posted by MERC from February 39 through May 14.







Internship Opportunity
Anasazi State Park Museum
Boulder, Utah, USA
 
Anasazi State Park Museum is located in Boulder, Utah, a picturesque south-central Utah town, on Scenic Biway 12 between Capital Reef and Bryce Canyon National Parks.  Within the park is one of the largest Ancestral Puebloan villages west of the Colorado River.  The village was occupied from AD 1160 to 1235. Archaeological excavations revealed more than 100 structures which may have housed as many as 200 people.
 
Position Summary: The internship familiarizes interns with projects and duties in all areas of a state park museum.  The interns will spend time in each area of the museum operations: collections management, interpretation, and visitor services. The focus of the internship will be a specific project chosen in either interpretation or collections management. This years (2010) internships will be research relating to the analysis of stone tools found in southeastern Utah. The focus will be to implement typological analysis, functional analysis, and technological analysis of projectile points curated at the Anasazi State Park Museum and affiliated Museums with similar collections.
 
Additionally, the selected interns will facilitate a Lithics Technology Symposium. The Symposium will be held either late August or early September 2010. Featured will be a recent collection (Behunin Collection) of over 1,000 projectile points. The goal of the symposium will be to present and discuss methodological and theoretical issues related to lithic analysis. Attendees will be invited to submit abstracts for twenty-minute presentations. This forum will provide the opportunity for flint knappers and lithics analysts to share methodologies, theoretical frameworks, research questions and approaches with their peers. Participants will be offered the chance to formally present research in a conference setting.
 
Duties may include:  

  • Collections management: Inventory of the museum collection, storage upgrades for museum collection, object photography, environmental and Integrated Pest Management monitoring, cataloging photographs, and organizing museum archives.
  • Interpretation: Develop and conduct interpretive programs, develop written 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, provide visitors with area information.

Qualifications: Must have completed at least one year of graduate college coursework in museum studies, anthropology, or archaeology. A background in Southwest or Great Basin archaeology is preferred.
 
Employment Period: 10 weeks @ 40 hours per week Flexible dates between May and October.
 
Salary: $75 a week with housing provided.
 
How to apply:  Please fax, email or mail your resume with three professional references to Don Montoya at donmontoya@utah.gov or the mailing address below.
 
Don Montoya
Museum Curator
Anasazi State Park Museum
P.O. Box 1429
Boulder, Utah 84716-1429

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This job posted by MERC from February 3 through May 5.



Summer Intern
Planting Fields Foundation
Oyster Bay, New York, USA

Planting Fields Foundation’s mission is to preserve and interpret Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park as the premier public garden and Gold Coast estate for today and tomorrow by educating, enriching, and entertaining the visiting public.

Position Description:

  • Assist Curatorial Department with daily operations of Coe Hall Historic House Museum
  • Open and close exhibitions in two museum locations
  • Schedule volunteer docents and receptionists for open shifts
  • Assist with tours and the creation of interpretive materials
  • Assist in the research of upcoming exhibitions, exhibit preparation and development of exhibit text

Position begins June 7, 2010; ends August 14, 2010. This position is full-time, 40 hours/week, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.

Qualifications:

  • Current enrollment in a Masters program in art history, public history, historic preservation, museum studies or other related field at an accredited institution.
  • Competent computer skills required. Must be comfortable with MS word, working knowledge of Excel and Photoshop preferred.

Compensation:

  • Paid stipend $10/hour.
  • Room in newly renovated dormitory wing of the historic Hay barn (board not included).

Planting Fields Foundation is located approximately three miles from the town of Oyster Bay.

Please send your resume and cover letter to Marianne Howard, Collections Manager, Planting Fields Foundation, P.O. Box 660, Oyster Bay, NY 11771 or mhoward@plantingfields.org.
No phone calls please.

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This job posted by MERC from December 14 through March 15.



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