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  • learn.

    A position at Heritage Park Museum will allow you to learn about a career in Heritage and local hisory. We encourage our staff and volunteers to ask questions and use our resources to learn.

  • Balance.

    There is a lot that goes into maintaiing a museum. This means that positions at Heritage Park Museum offer a lot of variety. One day you might be running around preparing for an event and the next you may be on the computer all day.

  • Community.

    Heritage Park Museum gives staff and volunteers the opportunity to make an impact in their community. From helping realize free community events to leading wellbeing programs to enlivening educational exhibits.

summer positions - open

  • Applicants must be between 16 and 30 years old due to grant funding requirements

  • Must be willing to re-locate to Terrace, B.C.

  • Able to work full-time (Tuesday–Saturday, 8:30 AM–4:30 PM)

  • Submit application before 26 March, 2026 (May 5th for the second guide position)

Museum coordinator

The Terrace and District Museum Society is seeking a Museum Coordinator for a seventeen-week summer position at Heritage Park Museum in Terrace, British Columbia, to organize, lead, and implement our community programs, events, and guided tours. The wage for this position is $23.00 an hour. The position begins April 28, 2026 and ends on August 22, 2026. The work week will be 37.5 hours a week from Tuesday to Saturday.

The ideal candidate for this position will have a passion for public education, event planning, and community well-being and will have experience working with kids and/or seniors. The ideal candidate has experience in leadership, is adaptable, and works well independently and in a team. The position undertakes public speaking, answering phone calls, and having conversations; ideally, the candidate will be comfortable with all these tasks. The Terrace and District Museum Society is especially interested in post-secondary students whose studies pertain to education and/or history.

collections technician

The Terrace and District Museum Society is seeking a Collections Technician for a fifteen-week summer position at Heritage Park Museum in Terrace, British Columbia, to organize, maintain, and update our museum collections and exhibits. The wage for this position is $22.00 an hour. The position begins April 28, 2026 and ends on August 8, 2026. The work week will be 37.5 hours a week from Tuesday to Saturday.

The ideal candidate for this position will have a passion for historical research and artifacts. The ideal candidate has experience in data entry and collections management, however training is also provided in these areas. The position undertakes repetitive data entry, organizing storage and exhibit spaces, and historical research and writing; ideally, the candidate will be comfortable with all these tasks. The Terrace and District Museum Society is especially interested in post-secondary students whose studies pertain to education and/or history.

TOUR AND PROGRAM guides

The guide is responsible for planning and implementing two free, youth summer camps, as well as assisting with our ongoing programs and museum tours for all-ages. The Museum The guide will also help with our events, such as Canada Day. They will engage the local community, particularly young people, in the region's heritage. The first position begins April 28 and ends on July 4, 2026. The second position begins June 23 and ends on August 29, 2026. The wage for this position is $21.00 an hour. The work week will be 37.5 hours a week from Tuesday to Saturday.

APPLY WITH A RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO curator@heritageparkmuseum.com

paid INTERNSHIPs - CLOSED

All candidates MUST have an undergraduate degree

Wage is $24/hour

37.5 hours a week

30 weeks: May 26, 2025 - December 19, 2025 (flexible)

Deadline to apply is April 14, 2025

Assistant curator intern

The Terrace and District Museum Society is seeking an Assistant Curator Intern for a thirty-week position starting on May 26 (flexible) at Heritage Park Museum in Terrace, British Columbia. They will work alongside the Curator on projects such as developing interactive and written exhibit elements, re-organizing exhibits and storage spaces, assisting with summer programs, helping facilitate a conference, and organizing and putting on seasonal events at the museum. This position will involve handling both our artifact and archives collection, conducting historical research, organizing the collections, and digitizing the collections to improve the accessibility and functionality of our collections database system. The wage is $24.00 an hour.

The ideal candidate will be a creative individual who is passionate about public access to history, is confident in leading projects, and is, preferably, experienced in using cultural database systems (training is also provided). To be considered eligible, candidates must be recent University or College graduates and fit all eligibility requirements of the Young Canada Works - Building Careers in Heritage program. We are especially interested in graduates of programs related to history, museum/ archival studies, education, First Nations studies, cultural resource management, and similar fields of study. Candidates with demonstrated experience working in a museum, art gallery, or similar cultural education setting will be prioritized -but we encourage all interested and eligible graduates to apply!

APPLY WITH A RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO curator@heritageparkmuseum.com

Volunteer.

There are plenty of volunteer opportunities at Heritage Park Museum for people of any age or interest! If you are interested in getting involved at Heritage Park, please contact the Curator by email at curator@heritageparkmuseum.com or by phone at 250-635-4546.

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