Work at the Museum this summer! 

Public Programming Assistant

Length: May 10 – August 24

Wage: $18/ per hour

Deadline: April 14th 2025.

Job Description

The Muskoka Lakes Museum regularly runs a number of programs and special events for visitors and members. These programs include: two Open Houses, our Summer Lecture Series, fundraisers, and regular programs for visitors of all ages. This objective of the Public Programming Assistant is to conceptualize, plan and execute these programs and events in order to promote heritage and cultural learning, as well as, generate a public survey to better understand the public’s interests.

Job Tasks

  • Assisting in planning, developing, and executing programs and special events.
  • Contacting vendors, speakers, advertisers, and other third parties involved in programs.
  • Developing and executing weekend programming for all ages.
  • Conducting tours catered to specific ages.
  • Creating and implementing visitor surveys.
  • With Marketing Chair, developing a social media and website presence for events and programs.
  • Visitor desk duties including: admission, membership, donation and gift shop sales; stocking and managing the gift shop; tracking number of visitors; and answering inquiries regarding artifacts and galleries.
  • Other relevant tasks as assigned by the Museum Manager.

Requirements

  • Asset: Having/working toward a program in Museum Studies, Education, Project Management, Event Planning, Communications, Tourism, History, or a related field.
  • Interest in and/or experience in event planning.
  • Interest in and/or experience in public programming.
  • Computer literacy with Microsoft Suites, DropBox, social media platforms and Canva.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Self-motivated and outgoing
  • Standard First Aid (by start of employment).
  • Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada (non-Canadians holding temporary work visas or awaiting permanent resident status are noneligible).
  • Legally entitled to work in Canada (have a valid social insurance number).
  • Between 16 and 30 years of age inclusively at the start of employment and are a high school, college, CEGEP or university student.

The Muskoka Lakes Museum welcomes all applicants, including youth with disabilities, Indigenous youth, visible minorities and new Canadians. The Museum will make reasonable accommodations for applicants during the interview and hiring processes.

Applicants can submit their resume and cover letter to admin@mlmuseum.com.

Curatorial & Collections Assistant 

Length: May 10 – August 24

Wage: $18/ per hour

Deadline: April 14th 2025.

Job Description

Muskoka Lakes Museum stores and exhibits close to five thousand artifacts and archival materials related to the history and culture of Muskoka lakes area. The objective of the Curatorial & Collection Assistant is to interpret, preserve, catalogue, digitize and exhibit these collections through updated records, online platforms and gallery tours to foster public engagement and learning of the area’s local cultural heritage
 

Job Tasks

  • Creating and scheduling online exhibits in coordination with the Marketing Chair.
  • Cataloguing the collection and updating records.
  • Conducting gallery and Walking Tours.
  • Generating a plan for the digitization of the Walking Tour.
  • Aiding the Museum Manager in accessioning artifacts and maintaining the collections.
  • Visitor desk duties including: admission, membership, donation, and gift shop sales; stocking and managing the gift shop; and answering inquiries regarding artifacts and galleries.
  • Other relevant tasks as assigned by the Museum Manager.

Requirements

  • Asset: Having/working toward a program in Museum Studies, Conservation, Archaeology, History, or a related field.
  • Asset: Experience with PastPerfect or other cataloguing software
  • Interest in and/or experience in curating.
  • Interest in and/or experience in collections management.
  • Computer literacy with Microsoft Suites, DropBox, Canva and various social media platforms.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Self-motivated and outgoing.
  • Standard First Aid (by start of employment).
  • Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada (non-Canadians holding temporary work visas or awaiting permanent resident status are noneligible).
  • Legally entitled to work in Canada (have a valid social insurance number).
  • Between 16 and 30 years of age inclusively at the start of employment; and are a high school, college, CEGEP or university student.

The Muskoka Lakes Museum welcomes all applicants, including youth with disabilities, Indigenous youth, visible minorities and new Canadians. The Museum will make reasonable accommodations for applicants during the interview and hiring processes.

Applicants can submit their resume and cover letter to admin@mlmuseum.com.