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- Internships
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- Solar system guide
Julieanne Sew Hee at Sydney Observatory
- see her story at right
Julieanne conducting a public workshop at Sydney Observatory for National Archaeology Week
INTERNSHIPS
As part of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory offers three-month internships to students who are interested in science (esp. astronomy), marketing or tourism.
Welcome are Australian and international postgraduate high school students as well as university undergraduate and postgraduate students who would like to include the internship as part of their studies. Working hours are Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm (days are flexible).
Internships involve no remuneration in form of a salary as it is part of the Powerhouse Museum Volunteers Program.
The working fields of an intern at Sydney Observatory include observing day and night tours, meet and greet at the cloaking desk and verifying website or related observatory data.
Due to the extended period of time an internship is much more intense than work experience – whatever your field of interest is, it allows possibilities to conduct your own special project, be it in science education, museum studies, marketing and tourism or event management.
An internship at Sydney Observatory is instructive and of great benefit to young people wanting to get an insight into the Observatory by working behind the scenes of the Museum.
Minimum requirements for all internships
• Two years of university or other tertiary education
• Aged at least 21 years
• Insurance covered by university, college or other
• Prior English study and ability to communicate clearly in English
• Any costs associated with accommodation and travel must be met by the intern
• Student of Museum Studies, Librarianship, History or Astronomy/Astrophysics
Please note that internship places are limited – thus early enquiries are more likely to be successful. For application forms and information contact Toner Stevenson at Sydney Observatory (ph: +61 2 9217 0473, e-mail: toners@phm.gov.au).
Another way of being involved with Sydney Observatory is through the Volunteer program.
Internship position available in 2010
Sydney Observatory is looking for a Museum Studies/ Archaeology/ Research intern 2 days per week for 2 months or 4 weeks fulltime. This is to work on some fascinating projects:
- education program evaluation
- transcriptions of letters written by early Sydney Observatory Government astronomers
- documentation and assessment of audiovisual collection
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assistance with signage
Julieanne - story of an internship
Julieanne Sew Hee (pictured at left) undertook her internship at Sydney Observatory from March to June in 2010 as part of her University of Sydney Master of Museum Studies course.
Read her final report (pdf), which describes the variety of research, photography, catalogueing and planning duties she undertook as well as the public workshops she supervised for National Archaeology Week.
At left are photographs of Julieanne at Sydney Observatory in one of the display areas and also conducting one of the National Archaeology Week workshops. The photograph below shows part of the archaeological display Julieanne worked on.
