Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space - Fall 2024 Intern
ORGANIZATION: Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
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All interns must submit a resume and cover letter to the museum director at billtimesup@gmail.com. This is an unpaid position. We are open Wednesdays through Sundays, 12-5pm - you must be willing to contribute at least 15 hours a week, for ideally 3 months (though we are flexible with shorter/longer terms). At the moment, we are especially in need of an intern to staff the front desk on Fridays.
Responsibilities
All interns operate from the front desk of the museum. Daily responsibilities include:
- Open and close the museum
- Greet visitors (inform them about the museum, make sales, answer questions)
- Clean and organize the space
- Promote the museum and upcoming events across social media platforms
On top of day-to-day operations, interns have the opportunity to take on additional facets of the museum such as:
- Raise funds for the museum by applying to grants and building up our membership program
- Sort and digitize the museum archives
- Update the museum's website
- Run and document museum events through photos, videos, and text - including monthly volunteer green-ups at surrounding community gardens
- Plus anything else you can think of to bring more people to the museum!
Qualifications
Skills: (* indicates skills that are not required but highly preferred)
- Customer service - welcome visitors.
- Organization - keep the space clean and orderly.
- Writing - quickly and clearly compose emails and promotional materials.
- Digital fluency - Google suite, WordPress, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Eventbrite, etc.
- Promotion - advertise the museum online and in-person with creative ways to attract more visitors.
- * Fundraising ability - write grants to fund museum programming.
- * Graphic design - create calendars of events, flyers, merchandise, and more.
Qualities:
- Quick learner - get oriented to the museum's activities and how things work here.
- Eager to take initiative - apply your skills to support the museum's operations.
- Well-versed in NYC history/willing to learn - MoRUS specializes in the history of squats and community gardens on the LES, from the 1970s and onwards.
Education:
- High school diploma
- * Bachelor's degree/working towards one in history, anthropology, or related fields.
1 Shift
- 12:00 PM to 05:00 PM EST - FULL
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About Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
Location:
155 Avenue C, New York, NY 10009, US
Mission Statement
The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) seeks to preserve history and promote scholarship of grassroots urban space activism by researching and archiving efforts to create community spaces, focusing especially on the efforts in the East Village and Lower East Side. We will also exhibit materials that document these actions, to educate people on the political implications of reclaimed space.
Description
The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) is a living archive of the Lower East Side’s squats and gardens. Located in the storefront of a historic building in the East Village of New York, the museum displays materials such as photographs, posters, zines, underground newspapers, comics, banners and buttons that show how local residents cleaned up vacant lots and buildings in the area, and made them organizing spaces for the community. The museum also offers tours on Saturdays and Sundays, which lead participants to the East Village’s most legendary community gardens, squats and sites of social change, and explain their compelling and rich histories.
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WHERE
155 Loisaida AvenueNew York, NY 10009
DATE POSTED
October 18, 2024
SKILLS
- Customer Service
- Social Media / Blogging
- Grant Writing / Research
- Community Outreach
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