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Integrating Student Workers Into Museum Practice

Integrating Student Workers Into Museum Practice

Kathryn Medill
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781799874263|ISBN10: 1799874265|EISBN13: 9781799874270
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7426-3.ch010
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Medill, Kathryn. "Integrating Student Workers Into Museum Practice." Engaging Communities Through Civic Engagement in Art Museum Education, edited by Bryna Bobick and Carissa DiCindio, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 205-224. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7426-3.ch010

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Medill, K. (2021). Integrating Student Workers Into Museum Practice. In B. Bobick & C. DiCindio (Eds.), Engaging Communities Through Civic Engagement in Art Museum Education (pp. 205-224). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7426-3.ch010

Chicago

Medill, Kathryn. "Integrating Student Workers Into Museum Practice." In Engaging Communities Through Civic Engagement in Art Museum Education, edited by Bryna Bobick and Carissa DiCindio, 205-224. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7426-3.ch010

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Abstract

Launched in January 2016 at a university art museum on a large campus, the Museum Engagement Student Worker position aims to reimagine the student work-study role. Conceptualized as a role where students can experience and contribute to the museum's internal culture, the program integrates students into the museum's internal fabric and empowers them to act as engagement agents for community members. Museum Engagement Student Workers function as front-of-house staff, provide all public tours, and assist with public programming. This narrative, written from the author's perspective as the manager of the student worker role, examines the successes and challenges of the Museum Engagement Student Worker program using tenets of the museum's strategic plan (innovation, accessibility, engagement, community, sustainability) as points of reference.

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