{"id":40541,"date":"2016-11-20T08:56:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T12:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=40541"},"modified":"2016-11-20T08:56:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T12:56:25","slug":"job-visitor-attendant-smithsonian-institution-hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden-washington-d-c-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/20\/job-visitor-attendant-smithsonian-institution-hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden-washington-d-c-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Visitor Attendant – Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C., USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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P<\/b>osition:<\/b>\u00a0Visitor Attendant<\/em><\/span>
\nPosted by:\u00a0<\/strong>Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden<\/em><\/span>
\nLocati<\/strong>on: <\/strong>Washington, D.C., USA<\/em><\/span>
\nContract: <\/strong>Full-time<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the national museum of modern and contemporary art, will be mounting a major exhibition featuring the work of contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The exhibition, Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Rooms, will be open to the public for twelve weeks from February 23 to May 14, 2017<\/span><\/span>, and is anticipated to draw record-breaking numbers of visitors to the Hirshhorn. The exhibition will include numerous, fragile paintings and sculptures by the artist, and will also contain 5 of the artist’s signature self-contained “Infinity Room” installations. In addition to the 5 “Infinity Rooms,” the exhibition consists of an interactive “Obliteration Room,” where visitors are invited to interact with the walls and furniture in the room.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hirshhorn Guides are floor <\/span>personel whose main objective is to support the day-to- day operations of the Kusama Exhibition: staff admissions\/membership desks; provide information to and guide visitors; control visitor <\/span>flow in the “Infinity Rooms;” and ensure efficient crowd control. Hirshhorn Guides’ assignments will bring them to work at numerous locations throughout the museum and the exhibit, and their duties may vary regularly. Floor personnel <\/span>are required to follow the instructions, guidance, and direction of management personnel as they pertain to the policies, <\/span>rules and procedures of the Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Kusama Exhibit Floor Operations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n