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Internships

Fall 2010

Minnesota Children’s Museum offers a variety of unique internships that are an opportunity for you to gain practical experience and develop workplace skills. Internships at the Museum are part-time (about 10 hours per week for 10 to 12 weeks). Applicants typically have completed at least one year of college and must be at least 18 years old.

Summer Internship applications are due Friday, July 30. Internships start at the beginning of September and run mid-December. The following positions are available this summer:

Development: Submit grants, perform prospect research and process donor acknowledgments. Learn to navigate and use the Raiser’s Edge database and experience the day-to-day operations of a non-profit organization with our fun, fast-paced Development team.

Educational Programs – Activity Facilitator: This intern is responsible for facilitating a variety of regularly scheduled educational programs and activities for Museum visitors. Programs include classroom art activities, sensory programs and interactive gallery activities.

Environmental Education Programs – Live Animals: Facilitate live and non-live animal education programs for Museum visitors. The intern will use the Museum’s collection of live animals to spark visitors’ interest in the natural world. In addition to programming, the intern will assist in care of the Museum’s live animals.

Exhibit Maintenance: About 400,000 visit our Museum each year and we need your help to maintain and repair our exhibits! Help install new exhibits. Depending on skill and experience level, interns may build components for new exhibits.

Grant Writing: The Corporate and Foundations Grants intern at Minnesota Children’s Museum will assist the grants manager in writing and submitting grants (under $5,000), will perform prospect research, and will maintain files and other organizational systems.

Human Resources: Gain a variety of experience with Human Resources projects like Affirmative Action reporting and complete steps in the hiring process for job openings.

Marketing: Conduct market research, data management projects and complete projects in support of e-newsletter campaigns.

Marketing Evaluation: Conduct market research by surveying museum visitors about their participation in the Museum's Spooky Woods programming. Evaluate data and assist in the development of program and marketing plans for the special event.

Membership and Events: Design, complete and implement surveys of the Museum’s membership. Assist in the development of our new Member Advisory Board. Also, assist with event planning and implementation.

Museum Operations: Gain experience with the daily tasks that are essential to running a large customer service department in a non-profit organization.This may include running reports, assisting with scheduling, updating spreadsheets and documents and other administrative tasks.This position is also part of the leadership team, which includes participating in department leadership meetings and coordinating projects and information for the floor staff.

Public Relations: Utilize Web 2.0 tools to communicate with the Museum's friends and followers and assist with media relations tasks.

Volunteer Recruitment: Recruit and interview new volunteers and check references of new applicants.This intern will also assist with event planning and program research.

Please contact Volunteer Services at (651) 225-6046 or contact Volunteering/Internships for more information.

To Apply:

1. Submit an application online

2. Submit a cover letter and resume by contacting Volunteering/Internships.
To submit a cover letter and resume by fax, dial 651-225-6046. To submit a cover letter and resume by U.S. mail, address to Minnesota Children's Museum, attn: Volunteer Services, 10 West 7th Street, St. Paul, MN 55102.