Opportunities

Liberty Hall offers a wide array of opportunities.

Museum and Arboretum Educators:

Liberty Hall, a historic house museum and arboretum in Union, New Jersey, is seeking enthusiastic and friendly Museum Educators to join the team in seasonal part-time positions. The Educators will be responsible for delivering public house, garden, and arboretum tours, educational programs, special events, and weekend programs in historic period dress. This position requires creativity, positive energy, organization, a strong interest in history and education, and strong communication and presentation skills.

Essential Duties:

  • Lead public tours of the museum, gardens, and arboretum
  • Delivery of educational school programs, including field trips, outreach, and scout programs
  • Assist with set-up, preparation, teardown, and cleanup of all materials and activities for various programs
  • Assist with special events on evenings and weekends as needed (availability on Saturdays or Sundays is required)
  • Perform other duties as required by management

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred– areas of history, education, museum studies/education, or special education
  • Teaching experience in formal and informal educational settings is preferred
  • Bilingual in Spanish and English, preferred
  • Availability on most weekday mornings during peak season (March-June & September-December) and Saturdays or Sundays required
  • Enthusiastic team member with strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively across departments and with outside contacts and vendors
  • Confidence using basic computer programs and the Microsoft Office and Google suites
  • Must be able to lift and move 30 pounds and remain standing for 50% of job time

Pay Rate: $16.25/hour—Maximum of 30 hours per week during peak season (March-June and September-December); 20 hours per week during off-season (January & February, July & August)

Interested in applying? Please send a resume and cover letter to Hannah Gaston, Education Coordinator, at hgaston@kean.edu. No phone calls, please.

Application deadline: Friday, January 31, 2025

 

Internships:

Summer 2025 Archival Internship

This internship will be paid, pending grant funding.

Liberty Hall Museum seeks two summer interns to contribute to the initial phases of the museum’s archival remediation project. They will work with the curator to survey the museum’s large unprocessed archival collection, including recording the information that will form the basis of a finding aid and assisting in the development of the collection’s arrangement structure. Interns will also gain experience with identifying, documenting, and remediating preservation concerns in an archive.

Job Description

  • Survey the museum’s unprocessed archival collection
  • Record the contents of document containers, including common formats, date ranges, recurring authors, preservation concerns, major topics covered, and other relevant information
  • Collaborate with the museum curator to identify the collection’s major topics and themes in order to determine the collection’s arrangement structure
  • Identify and document preservation concerns; assist in the remediation of preservation concerns when necessary
  • Rehouse items into archival-safe containers when necessary
  • Perform additional collection management tasks as needed

Qualifications

  • Candidates must be either a resident of New Jersey, enrolled in a New Jersey university, or a recent graduate of a New Jersey university
  • Graduate student, advanced undergraduate student, or recent graduate enrolled in a Library and Information Science, Museum Studies, History, Public History, or related program
  • Coursework in collections management or archives preferred but not required
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Attention to detail and accuracy

To apply, send an email with a cover letter and resume to Katherine Quigley, Curator, at kquigley.libertyhall@gmail.com

Select candidates will be contacted for an interview by early March

Fall 2025 Education Internship

Liberty Hall is currently looking for Museum Education Interns for the Fall 2025 semester. The goal of the internship program at Liberty Hall is to allow students to see all aspects of a Historic House Museum.  Interns will lead field trips, design educational materials, and research, develop, and conduct their own education program!
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but the priority is August 1, 2025. Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter explaining their qualifications and interest in Liberty Hall to Hannah Gaston, Education Coordinator, at hgaston@kean.edu.

 

Fellowships:

Our May Kean Raynolds Graduate Museum Studies Fellow is offered to graduate students in a master’s program in Museum Studies, History, or a related field.

The fellowship is designed to provide a mentored professional development opportunity to graduate students seeking careers within a museum setting.  Fellowships are tailored to the student’s individual educational goals and provide opportunities to explore multiple areas of museum work while gaining specialized skills and experience. Projects may include but are not limited to the design, development, and delivery of innovative programming for diverse audiences, collections management, exhibit development, and marketing design and implementation, all based on the fellow’s interest. 

Fellows will work approximately 20 hours per week throughout the 30-week fellowship.  Work hours are flexible and will be scheduled during museum operating hours.  The fellowship will begin in June 2025 and continue through December 2025. The museum is easily accessed by New Jersey Transit trains on the Raritan Valley line.

To apply, please submit the following to Maryellen McVeigh at marymcv@kean.edu by April 30, 2025. Please indicate May Kean Raynolds Fellowship in the subject line.

  • Full curriculum vitae of education, professional experience, honors, awards, and publications.
  • A statement, not to exceed 1,000 words, specifying what you wish to accomplish during the fellowship period and detailing how you can utilize the Museum’s resources to accomplish your goals.  The statement should also discuss issues you wish to investigate during the fellowship period, how this research is relevant to the field, and how it will advance the work of Liberty Hall Museum.
  • Two letters of recommendation

 

Volunteers:

We are always looking for volunteers to join our team! Our volunteer opportunities are in our public tours, school programs, and special events. If you are interested in an area not listed, please let us know. For more information, contact the museum at libertyhall@kean.edu