Minnesota African American Museum and Cultural Center

02/12/2014

02/05/2014

Volunteer as a Special ExhibitInterpreter for
Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana
If you like to help people learn and have fun, want to positively impact your community, and have interests and/or experience in customer service or education, we want you to join our wonderful volunteer community! The Science Museum of Minnesota is looking for new Special ExhibitsInterpreters.

Description of Volunteer Opportunity
Interpret a variety of content to visitors at activity stations in the exhibit that address how an amazing diversity of species evolved from the southern dinosaurs and their uniqueness to the North American dinosaurs. Volunteers will facilitate demonstrations on the topics of paleontological fieldwork and fossilization as well as interactive creative-play activities that include stop-motion films and flying “pterosaurs.”

Basic Requirements - for this ADVANCED role we ask that you:
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Have effective customer service and communication skills
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Are interested in accurately sharing information with visitors of all ages and backgrounds and facilitating enthusiastic conversations
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Are interested in expanding your knowledge in content area
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Are at least 16 years of age
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Are able to volunteer for a regular weekly/biweekly four-hour shift3/1/14-9/1/14 (Labor Day) and make 90% of your shifts
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Available to take all required trainings and are open to feedback

How to become a Special Exhibit Interpreter
Apply online at: www.smm.org/volunteer/application
Contact SMM Volunteer Department with questions at 651-221-9453 [email protected].

Training Dates
We ask volunteers attend a New Volunteer Orientation (Tue. 2/13, 6-9pm), and three content trainings to join this role. Trainings are 6-9pm,Tue. 2/18, Wed., 2/19, and Wed. 2/26.

Volunteer Benefits
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Gain experience and valuable skills that can be referenced on college and job applications
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Positively impact your community by helping individuals love learning
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Support one of the finest science museums in the nation
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Be a part of an environment of fun, curiosity and lifelong-learning
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Receive complimentary tickets to museum exhibits and Omnitheater, attend enrichment workshops, trainings, and learning opportunities including computer classes for free and enjoy discounts to the Explore Store, food areas, and other museums’ admission.
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Receive free parking during volunteer shifts and training/enrichment opportunities

Volunteer Application Process To join our volunteer team, regardless of what role you're interested in, please start by filling out an online application. Once you submit an application, you'll receive a confirmation that will include information about current opportunities and what your next steps…

01/08/2014

This year's event will feature Bill Banfield and Jazz Urbane, as well as performances by Ysaye Barnwell (previous member of Sweet Honey in the Rock), singer Yolanda Williams, and high school students from the FAIR School. The concert is free of charge and open to the public; no advance tickets or reservations are required. For more information, visit z.umn.edu/mlk2014.

12/10/2013

12/06/2013

Nelson Mandela
1918 - 2013

For now, let us pause and give thanks for the fact that
Nelson Mandela lived -- a man who took history in his hands,
and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.
May God Bless his memory and keep him in peace.

11/22/2013

http://kfai.org/conversationswithalmcfarlane

09/03/2013

Val Barnes and Lucy Buckner stopped in at the office this week to talk about the March on Washington. For Lucy Buckner, the August 24 March was her third — she also marched in the original 1963 March

09/03/2013

Thursday’s march in Saint Paul commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington expressed the historic interconnections of the labor movement and the civil rights struggle.  While ot

08/30/2013

Greetings!

We regret to inform you that we are canceling the Martin Luther King Bell Ringing program planned for August 28th commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. The temperature is expected to be in the mid-90s and the heat index and humidity will make it even hotter.

Many of the Elders have expressed concern about the heat as have many of the parents of the children slated to perform.

Disappointing as this may be; the great news is in spite of this cancellation the bell ringing scheduled for 3:00 pm will take place as planned!!

Thank you for your continued support!!

The Minnesota African-American Museum and Cultural Center

08/16/2013

Who remembers this button from 1963?