2024 Fall Internship: Museum Education & Access

Museum Education & Access Internship

The Pentacrest Museums' Education & Engagement department is offering an exciting internship opportunity for a motivated student passionate about supporting diverse audiences, particularly neuro-diverse learners. This role will focus on enhancing access and accessibility for visitors engaging with the museum's exhibits, programs, and events.

Key Projects:

Museum Social Narrative Development

• Assist in completing a user-friendly educational guides tailored for neuro-diverse audiences for the Museum of Natural History and the Old Capitol Museum
• Research existing resources from other museums and institutions to enhance museum visit experiences for neurodiverse individuals.
• Collaborate closely with relevant museum departments and campus partners to review, test, and approve written and visual content.

TREKSack Program Assistance (in collaboration with Education Assistant)

• Support the preparation of TREK Sack backpack in-gallery museum activity kits for the pilot testing period with audiences.
• Work closely with the Museum Education team to conduct user evaluation and testing capturing user data for the TREKSack program observing and interviewing audiences use of backpacks.
• Support the development and ideation of additional TREKSack backpack themes for exploring subjects in Natural History for children and their guardians ages 3-11.
• Inventory and determine replacement needs for backpack materials and activities.

75 hours of work per semester hour of credit: 1 s.h. = 5 hours/week, 2 s.h.=10 hours/week,  3 s.h.=15 hours/week

Note:

For-credit internship opportunities are available for 1, 2, or 3 s.h.

The University of Iowa Museum Studies Certificate Program requires 

3 s.h. of CCP:1201 Internship OR 2 s.h. of CCP:1201 + 1 s.h. or MUSM:3091

0-credit internships or non-credit volunteer work also available.