Museum Assistant

Reports to: Director of Museum

Hours: 10 hours per week
Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Expected to work two Saturdays per term.

Duties:

• All Museum Assistants serve as guards and docents. This assignment includes: opening and closing, routine maintenance of cases and work spaces, monitoring visitors, answering visitors’ questions (involves study of the tour outline), and education materials, readings on biblical archaeology available in the Museum lab.
• In addition to overseeing the Museum and becoming knowledgeable about it, there are other tasks that will be individually assigned: museum tours and special program, repackaging of collections, data entry, and scanning of photographs and other archival material.

Skills required:

• Punctuality
•  Attention to detail