What is the Apprentice Museum Educator program?
The Apprenticeship in Museum Education (AME) program at the Rubin Museum of Art will provide essential hands-on skills to university students preparing for future careers in the arts, education, or global affairs in the low-stakes, place-based environment of a museum. The unique exhibitions at the Rubin Museum of Art provide opportunities for apprentices to learn and engage audiences through the interrelation of the art, geography, history, and culture of the Himalayas. Program participants will leave with a greater global understanding of the world and public interrelation skills that will prepare them for the future. Using inquiry-based teaching methodologies, apprentices will: • Facilitate school tours and school pre-visits • Assist with Teen Programming • Participate in weekly training • Gain fifteen hours of hands-on experience a week • Receive mentoring by Education Staff What are the requirements? • Participants must be in an undergraduate program in a New York City college or u
