If you love music and history, there’s an exciting volunteer opportunity waiting for you at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. You don’t have to be a country music expert. Just bring your enthusiasm, and the museum staff will provide the training!
The Country Music Hall of Fame® and
Museum is a great place to volunteer with excellent volunteer benefits
including free admission to the museum, special recognition and social events,
discounts in the Museum Store and restaurant, a book club which meets monthly
to discuss great books and topics, free parking during volunteer hours, a
volunteer shirt…and more!
Volunteer information sessions are
held at the museum on the third Tuesday of every month from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, fill out the Volunteer Online Form or contact the
Volunteer Coordinator by phone, 615-416-2092 or via email, volunteer@countrymusichalloffame.com.
The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is a 501c3, nonprofit organization and offers unpaid internships to advance the educational goals of the student as well as the overall mission of the museum. Internships are offered in the areas of marketing, event planning, event sales and service, communications, education and archival service. The following internship positions are currently available. The schedule and number of hours are developed according to the student’s class schedule. To apply for an internship, please fill out an internship application and email it to volunteer@countrymusichalloffame.com along with a cover letter and resume.
Junior, senior, or graduate level student seeking a quality professional experience in communications and/or marketing. We offer a creative, energetic environment in which a student is exposed to the areas of advertising development, promotions, media relations/purchasing and other forms of marketing. Duties include general assistance to members of the Communications Department, but especially the Director; follow up with media and sponsorship partners; marketing database entry; creation of reports and correspondence; participation in Communications and Marketing Department meetings; some writing and proofreading; and other projects related to marketing promotions. We look for students who are able to work independently and possess good organizational, computer, and written and oral communications skills.
The intern assists the Public Programs Coordinator in the planning and execution of educational events for the general public. The intern will work closely with the Public Programs Coordinator on all aspects of the museum's public programs. This includes researching exhibit themes, brainstorming program ideas, booking participants, maintaining a programming database, completing required paperwork and maintaining program files. The intern will also assist in the management of special events and other activities of the education department including giving student tours and administrative and clerical duties. The ideal candidate should have an interest in education, music and event planning/booking. Knowledge of country music is helpful.
The intern assists the School Programs Coordinator in daily activities and educational program development for the upcoming summer and school year. Daily responsibilities include communicating with teachers, ensuring that teachers have the necessary pre-visit materials, conducting student tours and assisting with mailings and school program material preparation. Program development responsibilities include assisting in the coordination of teacher advisory groups and the creation of lesson kits for classroom use. The benefits of this position are gaining direct experience with developing and implementing educational programs for students and teachers in the areas of music and music history. Candidates should enjoy working with children, and have a strong interest in education, music history and educational program development.
The Development Intern will assist the Development Department in the following ways: Supervision of Annual Report preparation; creation, management and execution of special events; grants research, writing and preparation; prospect research, evaluation and cultivation; special projects including donor stewardship and VIP tours; and assist in daily development office activities including database support.
Candidates with experience/interest in public relations, communications, marketing and event management preferred. Requires excellent written and verbal communication skills. PowerPoint and Excel expertise encouraged, but not required.
Duties would consist of entering edits (that have already been made on printed interview transcripts) into the Microsoft Word versions of the transcripts, editing transcripts and transcribing interviews from cassette tapes.
Rising seniors or graduate students are preferred. Major in history or English preferred. Excellent writing and editing skills are desirable. Careful attention to detail and the ability to see tasks through to completion are essential.
The
potential intern will be directly involved in activities including but
not limited to the following: assisting in cataloging print materials
or nonprint materials, preparing vertical file items for scanning, or
assisting with building or weeding the collection. The ideal candidate has
library experience or coursework in LC cataloging. Intern gains
experience in cataloging and other library-related duties.
The Events Department Intern has the following duties: assist with servicing of events before, during and after Museum hours; attend weekly Events Meetings to learn the skills needed to communicate the execution of events to other departments in the building; shadow sales manager and service manager during client site visits to learn skills used in selling our space and services; assist in compiling weekly event reports; help with administrative and clerical duties.
The ideal candidate is an outgoing, motivated individual who is always looking to learn and take initiative in completing tasks; a service-oriented person with a willingness to help others. Knowledge of Excel, Word and Microsoft Outlook is preferred. Some hours will be before or after regular 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. museum hours.
The intern assumes the following duties: partial viewing of collection for DB cataloging and indexing and to make media detail determination; create title labels for unlabeled items; create and attach accession numbers to collection items and add accession numbers to DB; shelving items; possible re-orientation on shelving of collection once accession numbers are added; add previously existing created indexes to the database. The ideal candidate has knowledge of or interest in country music (all genres), its history and personalities, and knowledge of or interest in learning about videotape machine operation.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to the following address:
c/o Sandy Conatser
Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum
222 5th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
volunteer@countrymusichalloffame.com