Scientific traineeship in the museum

The scientific traineeship in the museum is an apprenticeship to impart further knowledge and skills in all relevant fields of activity of a museum . The aim is to apply the knowledge acquired at the university in practice and at the same time acquire knowledge for working at a museum. In addition to collecting, preserving, researching, exhibiting and conveying, this includes museum management and administration. This is training in the sense of a “different contractual relationship” according to the Vocational Training Act.

requirements

A university degree ( Master / Diploma / Magister ) is required for an academic traineeship in the museum . In terms of public collective bargaining law , a bachelor's degree is not considered a scientific university degree. The Deutsches Museumsbund recommends a doctorate for curatorial work at the museum . In practice, however, only around 10% of academic volunteers at museums have a doctorate (as of 2016).

In order to be able to offer a scientific traineeship , at least one permanent full-time employee with scientific training should work at the museum who is responsible for the qualification of the volunteer.

Duration and training

The academic traineeship should generally last two years.

An academic traineeship should be based on an individual training plan in which the content is recorded in writing. Due to the educational nature of the traineeship, the practical work should encompass as many specialist areas as possible and convey the museum as a whole. The various areas can also be conveyed through advanced training and observation.

The form and strength of the educational character is at the discretion of the museums and is not regulated by law. In its “Guidelines for Scientific Traineeships at Museums”, the German Museum Association presents guidelines on the process and framework conditions of the traineeship and appeals to the museums to implement them in favor of a qualitative training of the volunteers.

compensation

The German Museums Association since 2007 proposes that remuneration of 50% of salary group 13 of the collective agreement for the public service . This recommendation is based on the fact that the volunteers are scientifically qualified personnel and that the volunteer work is for specific training.

In practice, only 56% of volunteers in Germany receive such remuneration (as of 2016). Many museums do not follow the recommendations and sometimes only pay the minimum wage (10%, as of 2016).

Legal framework

The legal basis of the academic traineeship is § 26 in conjunction with §§ 10 to 23 and 25 of the Vocational Training Act . In addition, the basis is the "Principles for the employment of academic staff as volunteers at museums" adopted by the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in 1995 and 1999, which in turn forms the basis for the "Guidelines for Academic Traineeships" published by the German Museum Association in 2009 and 2018 in the museum ”.

In practice, volunteers often do not go according to the recommendations and represent a substitute for regular employment relationships and possibly missing positions. According to Section 26 of the Vocational Training Act, however, the focus is on the acquisition of professional skills, knowledge and skills and not primarily on the workforce.

See also

• Generation internship
• internship

literature

• Jens Bortloff: The Right of Scientific Voluntary Work at Museums. In: Deutscher Museumsbund (ed.): Museum studies. Volume 79, Issue 2. Berlin 2014, ISSN  0027-4178 , pp. 47-55 ( PDF ).
• Deutscher Museumsbund , ICOM Germany (Ed.): Guidelines for the scientific traineeship at the museum. Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-9811983-4-8 ( PDF ).
• Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Guide for academic traineeships in museums . Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-9816628-7-0 ( PDF ).
• Hans-Albert Treff (Ed.): Ready for the museum? Training - further training - imagination. Ardey, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-87023-050-9 , pp. 173-188.

Web links

• Angelika Schoder: Guidelines for a traineeship in the museum area . In: musermeku.org, May 2, 2018
• Angelika Schoder: Tips from volunteers: What do you have to consider when doing an internship in the museum? . In: musermeku.org, April 18, 2018
• Into the future with an academic traineeship? . In: Kulturmanagement.net, April 14, 2008
• Federal Volunteer Conference (BVT) . In: Museumsbund.de

Volunteer Networks

• Volunteer working group . In: Museumsbund.de
• Website of the Working Group of Scientific Volunteers in the Baden-Württemberg Museum Association
• Website of the volunteer working group in Bavaria
• Website of the Working Group for Scientific Volunteers in the National Association of Museums in Berlin
• Website of the working group of volunteers in Hessen
• Website of the Central Germany Volunteer Working Group
• Website of the volunteer work group at the museums in Lower Saxony and Bremen
• Website of the NRW Volunteer Working Group
• Website of the working group of volunteers at museums in Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland
• Website of the volunteer working group of the Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg Museum Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Guide for academic traineeships in museums . Berlin 2018, p. 4.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Guide for academic traineeships in museums . Berlin 2018, p. 7.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Nicolas Rupp: "The current situation of volunteers" - questionnaire study of the AK Volontariat 2016 . In: Museumsbund.de. Accessed March 30, 2019 (PDF).
4. ↑ Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Guide for scientific traineeships in museums . Berlin 2018, p. 9.
5. ↑ Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Guide for scientific traineeships in museums . Berlin 2018, p. 8.
6. ↑ Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Guide for scientific traineeships in museums . Berlin 2018, p. 5.
7. ↑ Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Guide for scientific traineeships in museums . Berlin 2018, p. 9.
8. ↑ Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Guide for scientific traineeships in museums . Berlin 2018, p. 6.
9. ↑ Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Guide for scientific traineeships in museums . Berlin 2018, p. 14.