Opportunities

Visitor Engagement Associate - Casual

The Wende Museum is seeking Visitor Engagement Associates to provide administrative and hospitality support. This role is part-time casual status, meaning that the hours and times are ad-hoc to support times of peak attendance at the Museum. The Visitor Engagement Associate position assists with donor hospitality, guest services, and various administrative tasks, with the possibility of additional hours on weekends.

Start Date: Open
Schedule: Part-time Casual, estimated to work between 4 – 16 hours a week as needed.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Providing front-of-house guest services, including greeting and registering guests
• Supporting donor hospitality by serving and replenishing catering, ensuring a welcoming environment
• Supporting inventory management and catering logistics
• Assisting with event setup, logistics, and breakdown
• Performing administrative duties as needed to support museum operations
• Contributing to the overall cleanliness, organization, and upkeep of our facilities

Ideal Candidate
• Service-minded with a professional demeanor
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage time effectively
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing tasks and priorities
• Enthusiastic about history, fine art, humanities, or political science
• Dependable with the flexibility to accommodate an ad-hoc schedule

Skills & Experience
• Previous administrative and/or hospitality, foodservice, events, or retail experience is a plus
• Familiarity in Mac OS, iOS, Microsoft Office Suite, and Google Docs

The Wende Museum is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and those without formal education, to apply

How to Apply
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter as a single PDF attachment with the subject line “Casual Administrative & Hospitality Support” to Maggie Jonas, Engagement Lead, at mjonas@wendemuseum.org.

Collections Internship

“Wende” is a German word that means “transformation.” It is commonly used to describe the era of uncertainty and possibility leading up to and following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Headquartered in a renovated National Guard Armory in Culver City, the Wende Museum is a cultural laboratory that pairs unparalleled collections from the Cold War era with contemporary artists, filmmakers, musicians, scholars, and others. The Wende’s collection encompasses more than 100,000 holdings, ranging from consumer products to fine art, political symbols, audiovisual materials, spy equipment, posters, ephemera, commemoratives, books, archives, and personal histories.

The Wende Museum offers Collections Internships for currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students, as well as recent graduates who are interested in gaining experience in collection management, collection development, and artifact research. Positions are part-time, paid at $17/hour for 120 hours, and available for course credit. Internships are offered year-round, typically beginning in January, June, and September.

The Collections Internship will focus on cataloging the Museum’s incoming acquisitions and existing backlog. Interns will gain experience in key areas of object handling, processing objects, and using a museum database (Mimsy XG). Interns will have the opportunity to directly work with artifacts from the Cold War and be exposed to a variety of museum activities. Potential interns must meet the following criteria for consideration:

• Be available to work part-time between Monday and Friday;
• Have completed at least one semester of college by the time of application;
• Possess an interest in museum studies, collections management, history, and/or material and visual culture of the Cold War;
• Be comfortable working with databases and computers;
• Be detail-oriented, self-motivated, and independent, with excellent communication skills;
• A reading knowledge of German, Russian, or an Eastern European Language is helpful but not required.

We are currently accepting applications for our Winter internship, set to begin January 2025, through November 1. To apply, please fill out this form and send a cover letter outlining your interest and a current resume to internships@wendemuseum.org.

Please indicate that you are applying for the Collections Internship, both in the email subject and cover letter.