Volunteering
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Volunteers Needed
Please consider filling one of the many volunteer opportunities within the New Jersey State Museum or help us to find qualified people to fill our ranks.
Please call Melissa Kelly at
609-292-1382
or via email at njsm.volunteer@sos.state.nj.us
to register as a volunteer.
Vista Volunteer – Student Docent Coordinator
The New Jersey State Museum is looking for a VISTA
Volunteer. The VISTA Volunteer is a full-time
position (with a modest living allowance/stipend).
The Museum will interview and select the |
VISTA Volunteer but the candidate will work through the
National AmeriCorps VISTA Program. The VISTA Volunteer
will report to the Museum’s Curator of Education
and liaison between the Museum and the Trenton Public
School District to develop, train, and assess the Student
Docent Program. The Student Docent Program will be comprised
of Trenton High School students who will deliver Docent
tours of the Museum’s exhibitions to school groups
from across the region. The program is design to help
people move out of poverty by providing important job
skills such as making presentations, developing poise,
as well as leadership and public speaking skills.
Museum Educators
Museum Educators will work closely with school groups that visit the New Jersey State Museum. Museum Educators will provide guided tours of the Museum’s exhibits and be able to point-out elements that would be of interest to school-age children. Ideally, Museum Educators should have a background or a degree in early childhood education (K-12) and a comfort level with speaking to groups of 20 to 30 children or leading object-based classroom exercises. Exhibit-specific training will be provided.
Exhibit Docents
The New Jersey State Museum is looking to re-establish its Docent Corps. Docents will receive exhibit-specific training so that they will be comfortable talking with the general public about an exhibit or a particular aspect of the exhibit. Depending on the number of available Docents and the size of the Museum’s exhibits, Docents may be asked to interpret an entire exhibit or sections of the exhibit. Docents will be expected to provide a level of information that is more detailed than the printed materials – often providing information that “brings to life” a particular object or exhibit. Docents should be comfortable with speaking to small groups of 10 to 15 visitors.
Gallery Volunteers
Gallery Volunteers are an important part of the New Jersey State Museum. Gallery Volunteers serve to welcome the general public to the Museum and provide basic information such as the location of specific exhibits, public restrooms, hours of operation, etc. Gallery Volunteers will be stationed at the front doors and throughout the Museum – sometimes within galleries or covering a particular area of an exhibit. If a Gallery Volunteer is stationed within a gallery, exhibition-specific training will be provided.
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