[can-talk] Two internship programmes in New Zealand

'''Two museum internship programmes in New Zealand''' 
One of these programmes is for recent graduates, the other is for
skilled professional museum personnel.
	Please note that any financial support we have towards these
programmes (which is not much) is only available for New Zealand-based
graduates or staff - anyone interested and willing to take part from
overseas will need to find their own funding. 

1 Museum Graduate Internship Programme : MGIP
 	This programme has been established to support graduates of
Museum Studies programmes to work on projects for up to three months in
regional museums (which supply a mentor) throughout New Zealand.
Regional museums generally have small numbers of paid qualified staff
but not enough resources to carry out all functions and often require
extra support on short term projects. The qualified staff are able to
act as mentors for the intern, and this is the reason why the
internships are not at small voluntary museums where there are not the
skilled staff able to this.

	Presently New Zealand graduates are paid a small stipend to
carry out three month internships. If any overseas graduates were
interested and able and qualified to take up an internship, (generally
students have had several placements during their degree, so require
very little 'supervising'),  they would need to support themselves.
Museums may be able to provide in-kind assistance (eg: free
accommodation) but this will depend upon the individual organisation.
Generally these museums are based in small provincial towns, and a few
in bigger metropolitan centres. 

	The reason I am gauging interest from overseas graduates is
because we are receiving more demand from museums than we are able to
supply to from within New Zealand. For anyone who is a recent graduate
of a Museum Studies course, or knows Museum Studies graduates who might
be interested in taking part in this programme in New Zealand, please
contact me for further information: wallisb at tepapa.govt.nz

2 Museum Internship & Secondment Programme - Museum Internship &
Secondment Programme International : MISP - MISPI 
	This second programme should begin its pilot phase after the end
of June 2008. The aim of the programme is two-fold  
	 - to provide professional development and leadership
opportunities for skilled professional museum staff working at a high
level in large organisations
	- to up-skill mainly voluntary personnel at small
under-resourced volunteer-run museums by sending a trained professional
to work for a period of time, (this could be a few days to a few months,
depending upon the needs at the small museum, combined with other
factors), at the small museum. The intention is a win-win outcome, as
per the bullet points above. 
	The expectation and hope is that the professional will be able
to take up this secondment on full pay, and assist a museum on a
project, and then if necessary provide ongoing mentoring as the
personnel adopt and utilise their new learning in their museum. As an
example, a small historical society museum may want help in planning a
better visitor experience through complete reworking of exhibition/s - a
skilled exhibition planner (this may be a curator, a concept developer,
an interpreter,...) will work with them for a week on an exhibition plan
and new thinking around how to better tell their stories. After
departure of the professional, the museum volunteers will work on
implementing the plan and decisions made - email and phone contact may
be made regularly, the professional may return in 6 months (or not if
from overseas), etc etc..
But gradually the exhibition/s and experience at the small museum change
dramatically for the better and this assists it to become a more valued
asset in the community and a magnet for visitors and the community,
etc... 
	It is clear now that there is higher need at the small volunteer
museums than the number of professionals throughout New Zealand
potentially available to take part (we are still scoping this with the
metropolitan and provincial museums which have skilled staff). Thus I am
signalling an interest in working with skilled personnel who are outside
of New Zealand and willing to take part in this experience. 
	Please note, that we do not have financial support for this
programme, as the hope is that people will take part in it as a
professional development and leadership opportunity and thus be
supported by their organisation, (similar to when people are sent to a
conference).
	We are very willing to work with others who are interested in
coming to New Zealand to work with our sector and would be most
interested to hear from you. Please do pass this information on to
others working in museums. 
	Any suggestions from you for ways forward and potential
partnerships will be gratefully received. Certainly for anyone who is
able to come here, we are able to assist you to see much of the country
and meet many museum personnel and see their museums - even to give
presentations on your work to a very eager and interested sector. Please
also don't hesitate to look up the work of National Services Te Paerangi
on the Te Papa website - you'll see we have a very varied national role
- working with museums and iwi 
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapa/English/NationalServices/


C Wallis Barnicoat
Manager Museum Development
Have you got a question on museum matters?
Call TelstraClear 0508 NSTP HELP (0508 678 743)
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ddi  04 381 7293
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email  wallisb at tepapa.govt.nz
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Te Papa 
P O Box 467
Wellington
website  www.nationalservices.tepapa.govt.nz
fax  04 381 7080
Te Papa tel  04 381 7000


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