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Take the next step in your career with the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, a 12-location museum system including a museum in downtown Indy and 11 state historic sites, offering career, internship and volunteer opportunities all around Indiana. Want to learn something new every day and spread your love for the Hoosier state? Find a list of our open positions below as well as on the State of Indiana’s ‘Work for Indiana’ careers website.

  • Security Specialist

    The Security Specialist for the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites (ISMHS) plays a crucial role in maintaining the safety and security of the museum, staff, and guests. This position is responsible for safeguarding museum property, including valuable artifacts and exhibits, ensuring a pleasant experience for all visitors. Key tasks include patrolling the museum’s 270,000 sq. ft. facility and immediate perimeter, monitoring security systems, and enforcing security protocols. The role also involves liaising with museum management, staff, and law enforcement in emergency situations.

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  • Maintenance Technician

    As a Maintenance Technician at Indiana State Museum, you will be responsible for providing preventative maintenance and repairs to equipment, machinery, buildings and grounds of the Indiana State Museum.

    This position is Wednesday through Sunday.

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  • Engagement Specialist

    The Indiana State Museum is seeking candidates for the intermittent Special Exhibits Engagement Specialist position.  This position will facilitate activities and greet visitors in highly interactive experiences geared for multiple ages and learning styles.  The Engagement Specialist is part of the Engagement team and provides high quality customer service through interactive experiences for children, families, and adults in the exhibit.  The incumbent performs daily engagement interactions, activities, and storytelling as well as exhibit safety and maintenance.

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  • Early Childhood Intermittent Program Specialist

    The Early Childhood Intermittent Program Specialist is part of the Engagement Department at the Indiana State Museum working as assigned in early childhood programming and events to engage and interact with our youngest visitors and their families, assist with development and preparation of activities, and the collection of evaluation data. Incumbent is assigned to work both offsite and within the early childhood specific space, Firefly Landing and museum galleries to engage and interact with museum visitors during large events and special programming days, assist with visitor questions and concerns and conduct daily programming.

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Internships

Internship Opportunities

We offer a wide variety of internship opportunities for college students at all levels of study and in many different disciplines.

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Volunteer Opportunities

The Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites is the crossroads of everything interesting, educational and unique about the state. We invite you to become a part of this exciting institution as a volunteer.

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Our Mission

To serve as a catalyst for informal lifelong learning that connects the stories of real people, places and things.

Our Vision

Be the leader in informal lifelong learning that is recognized, sought-after and celebrated regionally, nationally and globally.