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Walters Art Museum

<div>ABOUT THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM
The Walters Art Museum is among America's most distinctive museums, forging connections between people and art from cultures around the world and spanning seven millennia. Located in Baltimore&rsquo;s Mount Vernon neighborhood, the Walters is free for all. The museum&rsquo;s campus includes five historic buildings and 36,000 art objects. 
 
Today, the Walters serves Baltimore and Maryland by embracing its role as educator and storyteller, using the collection as a vehicle of knowledge and cultural expression to support learning, dialogue, and community engagement. The museum is committed to public education, offering essential programs that help people to connect art to their lives. The Walters Visitor Promise aligns staff and volunteers across the museum to preserve and share the works in our care for future generations, partner with communities, and create welcoming, accessible experiences for visitors. The museum offers challenging and creative work opportunities by promoting collaboration and teamwork.
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
The internship will provide assistance to the Librarian/Archivist with researcher inquiries, data entry, checking in and shelving of books, scanning and photocopying of materials, and various tasks as needed to learn about and support the daily running of the Library and Archives. 
In addition, each intern will work on a long-term project that is educational in nature. The project can be determined based on the intern&rsquo;s interests and career goals but must be pre-approved by the Primary Supervisor. Examples of possible projects include: audio/visual materials inventory, collection(s) care recommendations, and digitization proposal; processing of archival materials and creation of an EAD compliant finding aid, MARC record, and Wikipedia entry; library cataloging and collection management project; preservation work and inventory; assist with creation of a records management manual draft.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES<ul><li>
Complete a long-term project directed by the Librarian/Archivist which may include materials inventory, collection(s) care; archival processing, records management, or other tasks with prior approval by Librarian/Archivist.</li><li>
Create a scope of work proposal for long-term projects.</li><li>
Respond to researcher inquiries.</li><li>
Complete data entry to support the running of the library.</li><li>
Check in and shelve books according to Walters&rsquo; cataloging system.
</li><li>Scan and photocopy materials.</li><li>
Attend Curatorial Department and other staff meetings as directed.</li><li>
Participate in an orientation to the museum and collaborate on and participate in continuing professional development designed with emerging professionals in mind.</li><li>
All other duties as assigned.</li></ul>
QUALIFICATIONS
<ul><li>Candidates must be 18 years or older and preferably actively registered at either a community college, university, or trade school or, may have recently graduated from a community college or university.</li><li>
Priority given to students who are residents of Baltimore City or County or whose colleges or universities are in Baltimore City or County.</li><li>
Preference given to a current student of a program in library and information sciences, public history with coursework in archives, or art history.
</li><li>Relevant work experience in a library or archives setting may be substituted for educational experience.
</li><li>Excellent oral and written communication skills.</li><li>
Demonstrated ability to work accurately with attention to detail.</li><li>
Passion for customer service.</li><li>
Commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through library and archival practice.</li><li>
Ability to work independently or as part of a team.</li><li>
Able to lift 30 pounds and stand on ladders.</li></ul>
SCHEDULED SHIFT<ul><li>
Ability to work 40 hours per week.</li><li>
Must be able to work on-site at the museum 5 days per week.</li><li>
The regular work week is Monday through Friday.</li></ul>
HOURLY RATE $17.00
TO APPLY:
1. Complete the required application 
2. Have 1 letter of recommendation submitted from a faculty or staff member to collegeinitiatives@thewalters.org
The Walters Art Museum does not sponsor work visas. All employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This is a 100% onsite position.</div>

Library Archives Intern

<div>ABOUT THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM
The Walters Art Museum is among America's most distinctive museums, forging connections between people and art from cultures around the world and spanning seven millennia. Located in Baltimore&rsquo;s Mount Vernon neighborhood, the Walters is free for all. The museum&rsquo;s campus includes five historic buildings and 36,000 art objects.
Today, the Walters serves Baltimore and Maryland by embracing its role as educator and storyteller, using the collection as a vehicle of knowledge and cultural expression to support learning, dialogue, and community engagement. The museum is committed to public education, offering essential programs that help people to connect art to their lives. The Walters Visitor Promise aligns staff and volunteers across the museum to preserve and share the works in our care for future generations, partner with communities, and create welcoming, accessible experiences for visitors. The museum offers challenging and creative work opportunities by promoting collaboration and teamwork.
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
This internship will support community engagement and evaluation work related to our Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture exhibition. This may include interviewing visitors to the exhibition to hear about their perspectives on the show and on The Walters. This project has the potential to build upon prior exhibition research on Latin American Art/ Arte Latinoamericano, Ethiopia at the Crossroads, and Activating the Renaissance around the impact of seeing diversity and representation highlighted in the Walters&rsquo; exhibitions. This internship may also include community outreach related to the exhibition, such as tabling at festivals. The internship will focus on building important transferable skills around communication, critical thinking, and data entry/analysis.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES<ul><li>
Gather data, analyze outcomes, and identify recurring themes.</li><li>
Interview transcription.
</li><li>Collect visitor data at the Walters via paper/pencil, tablet survey, and verbal interview.</li><li>
Follow all data collection protocols to randomly approach visitors, recruit them to participate, and conduct research with visitors.</li><li>
Take accurate, precise notes based on observations, interviews, or other engagement with visitors.</li><li>
Record, clean, and code quantitative and qualitative data into systems such as Word, Excel, or Google spreadsheets.</li><li>
Conduct an analysis of the collected data through hand coding and/or descriptive statistics.</li><li>
Create a PowerPoint presentation with charts and visuals documenting findings learned through visitor research.</li><li>
Participate in an orientation to the museum and collaborate on and participate in continuing professional development designed with emerging professionals in mind.</li>
All other duties as assigned. 
<li>
</li></ul>QUALIFICATIONS
<ul><li>Candidates must be 18 years or older and preferably actively registered at either a community college, university, or trade school or, may have recently graduated from a community college or university.</li><li>
Priority given to students who are residents of Baltimore City or County or whose colleges or universities are in Baltimore City or County</li><li>
Bachelor&rsquo;s or in pursuit of Bachelor&rsquo;s in sociology, psychology, or social work.</li><li>
Preference given to students with an interest in psychology, sociology, social sciences, research and evaluation, visitor studies, or related fields.</li><li>
Must be comfortable approaching and talking with visitors, and not easily discouraged if/when visitors decline to participate.</li><li>
Is detail-oriented and can follow data collection and entry protocols without deviation, and can take accurate and precise notes.
</li><li>Has a high level of emotional intelligence, with an ability to be responsive to verbal and non-verbal cues in interviews.
</li><li>Enjoys critical thinking and using analytical skills to assess problems and determine solutions.</li><li>
Is able to communicate in a clear and positive manner.</li><li>
Demonstrated interest in supporting diversity, equity, access, and inclusion (DEAI)</li><li>
Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team</li><li>
Students must be residents of Baltimore City or County or attend colleges or universities in Baltimore City or County</li><li>
Ability to interact with visitors for 3 to 4 hours at a time.</li><li>
Has experience in customer service-oriented roles.
</li><li>Interpersonal skills: friendly, outgoing, empathetic, people-person, easy to talk with.</li><li>
Comfortable engaging with people for 3 to 4 hours at a time.</li><li>
Active and attentive listener who is curious about others.</li><li>
Detail-oriented, able to take notes accurately and quickly.</li><li>
Strong verbal and written communication skills.</li><li>
Analytical thinker, enjoys problem-solving.</li><li>
Familiarity with entering data into Microsoft Excel and creating PowerPoint slides.</li></ul>
SCHEDULED SHIFT<ul><li>
Ability to work 40 hours per week.</li><li>
Must be able to work on-site at the museum 5 days per week</li><li>
Regular work week is Monday through Friday, with a requirement for the Evaluation Intern to be on-site for data collection for a total of four weekend days and three Thursday evenings that are on mutually agreed upon days taking place during the ten-week internship
</li></ul>HOURLY RATE $17.00 
 
TO APPLY: 
1. Complete the required application 
2. Have 1 letter of recommendation submitted from a faculty or staff member to collegeinitiatives@thewalters.org
The Walters Art Museum does not sponsor work visas. All employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This is a 100% onsite position.</div>

Community Engagment & Evaluation Intern

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