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Bacon's Castle - Surry, VA
Bacon's Castle is immediately seeking interns wanting museum operations and research project credit from the arts and sciences. We need interns beginning late-February ending late-November 2012 with a commitment of (20) hours per week dedicated to Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Responsibilities include:
1) housekeeping
2) exhibit maintenance
3) marketing and networking
4) landscape and sustainable agriculture
5) admission and gift shop sales and merchandising
6) public speaking
7) educational programming
8) fund raising
9) accounting/bookkeeping
10) demographic recording and information systems
11) historical research and reports
12) cash handling and credit card processing
13) site opening and closing procedures
14) periodic on-call for emergency responses
The ideal candidate is flexible and energetic willing to learn and demonstrate all aspects of a rural house museum's operations and can commit to a definitive schedule straddling spring, summer, and fall semesters. Professional demeanor, attire, trustworthiness, and high work ethic are critical to these positions.
History, museum studies, american studies, anthropology, archaeology, historic preservation, landscape and structural architectural history, sustainable agricultural, eco-tourism, agri-tourism, green initiatives, african american studies, ethnographic studies, business operations, sales, marketing, communications, social media, retail sales and merchandising, and facility maintenance are all suitable courses of studies from which our interns may come. Presently there is no limit to how many interns we may manage as there are so many objectives requiring attention.
Bacon's Castle
465 Bacon's Castle Trail
Surry, Virginia 23883
Phone: 757-357-5976 | Cell Phone: 757-407-8829
E-Mail: tballance@preservationvirginia.org | Web: http://www.preservationvirginia.org/BaconsCastle/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/baconscastle
