Exhibit Fabrication Intern
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Minnesota Children's Museum
Saint Paul, MN, US
Summary
The intern will assist exhibit production staff with the design, fabrication, installation, and maintenance of museum exhibits. They will also help maintain the exhibit shop and support the overall exhibit production process.
Job Description
Description
Minnesota Children’s Museum’s mission is sparking children’s learning through play. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion is integral to fulfilling our mission. As a community resource for thousands of families, Minnesota Children’s Museum is dedicated to providing children with a fun, hands-on and stimulating environment to explore and discover.
Minnesota Children's Museum's downtown St. Paul location has 74,000 square feet of exhibits space, in addition to being a leading producer of exhibit rentals for children's museums and having the largest collection of traveling exhibits on the road. The Exhibit Fabrication Intern will assist exhibit production staff in the fabrication and design of exhibits, installation of exhibitions, and exhibit repair and maintenance. Interns will be given the opportunity to exercise and strengthen their existing skills, to develop new skills of exhibit making, and to exercise responsibility, creativity and imagination. The internship requires hours to be completed at the museum.
PAY: $16.37 per hour plus free parking or bus pass
SCHEDULE: Requires 120 hours during the internship session (10-12 hours per week, September - December 2026). All hours are completed onsite.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The exact duties and projects will be determined by mutual agreement of the intern and museum staff.
- Assist in fabrication of exhibit components.
- Assist in exhibit design process.
- Install/uninstall traveling exhibits.
- Clean, repair and maintain museum exhibit components.
- Assist in maintaining exhibit shop.
All duties will be carried out with the direction and supervision of Exhibit Fabrication staff.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
- Must have working knowledge and experience with power and hand tools and the ability to use them safely. (Examples: table saw, band saw, routers, miter saw, drills, etc. Prior carpentry and machine shop experience a plus.)
- Working knowledge of CAD and CNC machines. Services and materials like photos and illustrated images, text is a plus.
- Basic knowledge of cleaning supplies and their safe usage.
- Ability to lift 50 lbs. or more on an occasional basis.
TRAINING PROVIDED
- Exhibit component operation and maintenance
- Some on the job training of tools/techniques as time permits
ABOUT MINNESOTA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
Located in downtown St. Paul, MN, we employ 55 full-time and 55 part-time employees and engage a variety of volunteers and interns. The workplace values that guide how we work together are: Play, Include, Grow, Serve, and Strive.
We are dedicated to growing a diverse and culturally competent team of highly engaged staff and volunteers to reflect and equitably serve the vibrant community around us. We embrace differences in age, ability, color, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, race, religion, and sexual orientation. We strongly encourage the application of individuals from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to: Black, Indigenous, and people of color; immigrants and refugees; LBGTQIA individuals; people with disabilities; religious minorities; and the elderly.
Minnesota Children’s Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse work environment.
Minnesota Children’s Museum is dedicated to sparking children’s learning through play. Our vision: “Kids play more. Adults do, too. All families thrive in a happier, healthier and more innovative community through the radiant power of play.”
The museum, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2021, has provided playful learning experiences to more than 12 million visitors. The museum's downtown St. Paul location features three floors of fun and 11 interactive exhibits.
Minnesota Children's Museum is consistently rated as one of the top children’s museums in the country by national media outlets such as Forbes and Parents and was named as a finalist for an Institute of Museum and Library Services Medal of Service, the nation’s highest honor conferred on museums and libraries.
As the nation’s leading developer of traveling children’s museum exhibits, the museum is a trailblazer in creating immersive learning environments, reaching more than 10 million children and adults in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Visit www.mcm.org for more information.
Founded
1981
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Non-Profit Organizations and NGOs
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
St. Paul, MN
Minnesota Children’s Museum is dedicated to sparking children’s learning through play. Our vision: “Kids play more. Adults do, too. All families thrive in a happier, healthier and more innovative community through the radiant power of play.”
The museum, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2021, has provided playful learning experiences to more than 12 million visitors. The museum's downtown St. Paul location features three floors of fun and 11 interactive exhibits.
Minnesota Children's Museum is consistently rated as one of the top children’s museums in the country by national media outlets such as Forbes and Parents and was named as a finalist for an Institute of Museum and Library Services Medal of Service, the nation’s highest honor conferred on museums and libraries.
As the nation’s leading developer of traveling children’s museum exhibits, the museum is a trailblazer in creating immersive learning environments, reaching more than 10 million children and adults in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Visit www.mcm.org for more information.
Founded
1981
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Non-Profit Organizations and NGOs
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
St. Paul, MN
