Impact of Position: Gallery Guides honor visitor knowledge and experience opportunities to connect with museum interactives and expand ideas. Engaging with visitors of all ages, Gallery Guides encourage visitors to ask questions, try new things, and expand their thinking.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Engage in friendly, courteous, and welcoming interactions with visitors
- Monitor visitor experience while ensuring the museum galleries are clean and running smoothly
- Perform short demonstrations, tours, and activities throughout the museum
This position is for you if:
- You enjoy sharing your love for learning with others
- You are friendly and approachable
- You enjoy interacting with new people of all ages, aptitudes, and backgrounds
You will succeed in this position if:
- You feel comfortable initiating and holding conversations with new people
- You enjoy working collaboratively in a team environment
- You have good time management skills to thrive in when the museum is busy & take initiative during quieter moments to focus on tasks like ensuring that the galleries are neat and tidy
Time Commitment: minimum 3-4 hours once a week while the museum is open to the public
Orientation and Training: Additional training for Volunteer Gallery Guides include overview of the Floor Staff handbook and an in-depth guided tour of the gallery spaces and closets. Your first Gallery Guide Shift will allow you to train side by side with one of our Floor Staff Members.
Outside of specific department position training, all volunteers must complete a Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium volunteer orientation session that will provide building familiarization tours and an overview of volunteer-related policies and procedures. Volunteers will be asked to submit a criminal background check. Volunteers who do not agree to the background check will be refused assignment.
