Admission to the Carlos Museum is free to Emory faculty, staff, and students. The Museum offers a variety of programs of interest to the Emory community.
Andrew W. Mellon Summer Internship
Public Programs of Interest to Students
Discounted Tickets for Students to Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs
InternshipsAndrew W. Mellon Summer Internship The Carlos Museum offers paid summer internships for Emory University students. Graduate and undergraduate students with strong interest in and aptitude for museum work may gain experience during the summer term to augment their academic program. Three interns will be selected by a committee of Museum staff and faculty advisors. The internships are ten weeks in length, and students are paid $5,000. The internships will begin Monday, June 4 and conclude on August 10, though some flexibility in scheduling is possible. During the summer of 2008 possible projects include: • Assisting Margaret Shufeldt, Curator of Works on Paper, with research and planning for two exhibitions. The first will feature American prints from the 1960s-80s by Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Vija Celmins and others. The other will showcase the work of 20th-century photographers in such as Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Mike Disfarmer. • Working with the Museums's Office of Educational Programs on the development of educational materials and an interactive web site about ancient Egypt and the Museum's Egyptian collections. • Working with Curator of Greek and Roman Art Dr. Jasper Gaunt on research and writing label copy for Greek and Roman objects in the Carlos Collection of Ancient Art. • Working with Dr. Jessica Stepenson, Associate Curator of African Art on projects related to the prioritization and re-organization of stored African objects. Download an application for the Andrew W. Mellon Summer Internship, or pick one up in the Museum's Office of Educational Programs. The Carlos Museum also offers unpaid internships and other opportunities for working and learning in a museum environment for Emory students. For more information about internships, contact Elizabeth Hornor by phone at 404-727-6118, or by email at ehornor@emory.edu. Internships for Credit Volunteer or academic internships are available to Emory University students. Please contact Elizabeth Hornor, Director of Education for information. |
Student Docent Program
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Public Programs of Interest to StudentsThe Carlos Museum offers a wide variety of public programs of interest to Emory students. For a complete listing of these programs, please see the Calendar. |
Discounted Tickets for Students to Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great PharaohsThere are several opportunities for students to see Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at a discounted student ticket price. On selected Thursday nights (dates to be announced) college students with a valid ID can purchase tickets for $15 (a $13.50 savings) as part of the Tut After Dark promotion for college and university students. Student groups may also apply to the Out There Arts Initiative of Emory's Center for Creativity and the Arts for funding to purchase tickets. Visit the Out There Arts section of the Creativity and the Arts web site for an application.
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Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to join the Museum's Docent Guild to give tours to K-12 groups, students, and the general public. Each fall new student docents are recruited and receive training on the collections. They begin touring in the spring. This provides students an excellent opportunity to develop research and presenation skills. For information, please contact Julie Green at 