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About the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation
- The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation is an integral part of the Prince Edward Island community. We operate seven provincial museums and heritage sites across Prince Edward Island, providing Islanders and visitors alike with an opportunity to discover our province's heritage and culture.
- We are also responsible for the provincial collection of more than 100,000 material and cultural objects.
- Our staff provides professional conservation and collection services to outside groups, individuals, and organizations.
- We publish our official journal of PEI heritage and culture twice a year: The Island Magazine.
- We produce the hidden island podcast, which shares stories about the hidden heritage in our province and discusses why that heritage is still relevant today.
Our mission is to preserve the heritage of Prince Edward Island for present and future generations.
The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation is stronger and most effective when we reflect the diversity of the Island population we serve. We are dedicated to building and promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, representative of our Island community.
Historic Site Student Guide / Interpreters
Dates: May 26 to August 30, 2025
Hourly Wage: $ 16.50/hour
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Location: Orwell
Vacancies: 2
Closing Date: May 21, 2025, at 4:00 pm
Description
Orwell Corner Historic Village is seeking two Historic Site Student Guide/Interpreters to assist with its summer programming. Duties include:
- dentifying and implementing improvements in our programming
- Continuing and expanding our experiential tourism
- Delivering professional quality interpretation and programming
- Mentoring younger and less experienced summer staff
- Providing education, interpretation and public programming to visitors by recreating an accurate account of the history of daily life in a historic village
- Welcoming visitors to assigned building, leading tours, and explaining the historic significance of buildings and displays housed therein
- Assisting with special events and programs, often on the weekends and evenings
- Providing guided educational tours and programs for school-age children
- Assisting with office work or projects to complete when not giving tours
- Performing gardening as needed and completing basic cleaning of historic buildings
- Demonstrating various skills that were notable on PEI in the late 1800s
- Identifying new markets for the Site and collaborating on the development of new programming that fits the needs of underrepresented groups
- Promoting the village through increasing its social media presence
- Completing other duties as assigned
Resumes can be sent to kevindmaclean@gov.pe.ca
Student Historical Interpreters
Dates: End of June, July, and August
Hourly Wage: $ 16.50/hour
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Days vary, one day off per week plus Sundays.
Location: Green Park Shipbuilding Museum & Yeo House
Vacancies: 2
Closing Date: June 6, 2025, at 4:00 pm
Other Requirements: You will need a means of transport to reach the site, as there is no public transportation.
Description
We are looking for Summer Students with a keen interest in local history to act as Historical Interpreters, operate our gift shop, and maintain our facilities. If you are interested in joining a team dedicated to preserving this historic Museum, and giving our visitors a truly memorable experience, we would like to hear from you! See the full job posting here
Resumes can be sent to Annys Kiddie at green_park@gov.pe.ca
For further details or questions, please call (902) 806-0364
Collection Assistant
Dates: Jun 10 - Aug 23, 2025 (11 weeks)
Hourly Wage: $16.50
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Mon-Fri 8:00 - 4:00 pm
Closing Date: May 15, 2025
Other Requirements: Applicants must be returning to studies in a postsecondary degree program with a preference for history, museum studies, archival studies or a related field
Description
The successful candidate will help the collection department create content for our online collection, assist in the creation of beautiful historical objects photography, review and revise records for current language and meta data standards, learn the museums' digital asset management system and gain experience using Gallery Systems by The Museum System. You will also work with the collection and curatorial teams at each of the seven museum sites to care for and update exhibitions. Applicants must be in a postsecondary degree program for history, museum studies, archival studies or a related field.
If you love historical objects, this job is for you! See the full job posting here. Resume and cover letter can be sent to Lesley Caseley at lacaseley@gov.pe.ca