Assist with one of the many special events including set-up, registration, activities and tear-down. Welcome guests to the Center and direct them to the ticket booth while answering any questions that guests may have prior to purchasing a ticket. Five feature galleries covering Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, Europe, The Americas, and The Ancient Mediterranean. Stored artifacts can be made available for scholarly study or loans to other institutions, as well as serve as a core for temporary exhibitions. 0001103123 00000 n 0001286364 00000 n 0000109286 00000 n Office for Math, Science, and Technology Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For Fall 2020, the Museum will be open only to the WKU community by appointment. Do you appreciate the work of museums in preserving, exhibiting, and sharing culture? Training is provided. 0000004203 00000 n 0001228107 00000 n After select performances at Krannert Center, visit the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures. The Museum also holds objects donated by other institutions and private individuals. Contact education curator Dr. Have questions about class tours or Museum resources? train and mentor volunteers to efficiently complete and excel in their assignments. Many of the boxes and crates for the most fragile artifacts were custom-made. Aug 14th, 2020. The size and age of the Museum's collections made moving them from Lincoln Hall to the new Spurlock building a formidable task. Volunteers contribute more than 30,000 hours of service each year, sharing their knowledge, skills and talents. Note: We are currently not accepting applications this summer for Publications History Volunteer and Digitization Volunteer. The Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks candidates for the position of Public Education and Volunteers Coordinator. If you are interested in volunteering, we are interested in helping you find your "place" here at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. 23 0 obj <> endobj xref 23 65 0000000016 00000 n For Fall 2020 the Museum is closed to the general public. Assist guests as they navigate their way through the main museum and through Rocket Park to the Davidson Center. A private letter on papyrus from Oxyrhynchus, written in a Greek hand of the second century CE (Oxyrhynchus papyrus 932, (1914.21.0010), Ancient Egyptian statue of the pharaoh Khafre (reproduction), A collection of artifacts representing ancient Greek religion, This barong ket figure is featured during temple festivals on the Island of Bali in Indonesia, An assortment of household items from Southeast Asia, Jousting armor from the Gallery of European Cultures. 0000077117 00000 n 0000570695 00000 n 0000914731 00000 n The USSRC is a Smithsonian Affiliate and the Official Visitor Center for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL, welcoming more than 700,000 visitors from around the world each year! Krannert Art Museum & Kinkead Pavilion. The Spurlock Museum's permanent collection includes portions of collections from other museums and units on the Urbana-Champaign campus such as cultural artifacts from the Museum of Natural History and Department of Anthropology as well as historic clothing from the Bevier Collection of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. The Spurlock Museum celebrates our shared humanity by collecting, preserving, documenting, exhibiting, and studying objects of cultural heritage. Lab (Invention, Design, Engineering, Astronomy, Space), Apollo 11 - First Steps (National Geographic Theater), Touch the Stars (National Geographic Theater), Our Place in Space (INTUITIVE® Planetarium). Fees and group size limitations are listed with the tour and program descriptions found on the Museum's website. 0000454173 00000 n