RECENTLY FILLED & CLOSED Positions
The Anchorage Museum is a museum for people, place, planet, and potential in service of a sustainable equitable North, with creativity and imagination for what is possible. We accomplish this through the efforts and talents of our dedicated staff. We aim to be an adaptive and inclusive organization where all staff feel valued and respected and can contribute with purpose and commitment.
We're committed to diversity and equal opportunity in our recruitment and hiring. Qualified candidates of all backgrounds are welcome to apply for the open positions listed below.
To apply for any of our open positions, please complete our online Employment Application.
Considering the spread of Covid-19, current and future Anchorage Museum employees are required to present documentation that they have received the Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine or agree to weekly testing. If, for personal reasons, you are not able to comply with this requirement, we understand and respect your decision. We take the safety and well-being of our employees seriously and thank you for your understanding regarding this change to our hiring process.
JOB OPENINGS
Our doors are open, our exhibitions are changing, and we need interesting people who like working with interesting people to fill our Visitor Services Assistant positions (3 part-time). If you like working with people and learning about Alaska, its Indigenous peoples, and the North, the Anchorage Museum may be the place for you. We are recruiting for friendly and customer service-oriented individuals to welcome and greet visitors into our space. This position performs cashier duties, is active in all facets of museum retail sales and visitor services and provides an engaging experience for museum visitors. Incumbents work variable scheduled hours conforming to the museum’s summer hours, and organizational needs.
This is a part-time position with weekend, evening, and holiday hours required. The salary for this non-exempt position is $15.00 per hour.
Educational Experiences Assistant
Do you like science? Do you like sharing information? Join the Anchorage Museum team and share science through informational stories and experiential programming. The Anchorage Museum is seeking an outgoing science enthusiast to fill its Educational Experiences Assistant position. The successful individual will interpret science and educational experiences for the Museum’s public through programs and activities including hands-on demonstrations, presentations, and planetarium shows, and will assist in mentoring summer staff, interns, and volunteers involved in programming as well as in the operation of the Discovery Center.
This is a part-time position with weekend and evening hours. The salary for this non-exempt position is $15.00 per hour.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
We are pleased to offer an internship focusing on Soundscape Ecology. The successful individual will work directly with museum educators to support and assist in the development of the museum’s ongoing k-12 Soundscape Ecology outreach project. The internship focuses on training for basic sound analysis as well as data management as it relates to the field of Soundscape Ecology.
Internship recipients receive a stipend of $2,500 per semester.