Duke Student Jobs - Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Work at the Nasher Museum as a Student Gallery Guide!

Love art? Enjoy conversations about culture and society? The Nasher Museum welcomes undergraduate students from all majors to apply. Student guides learn how to give guided tours of the museum’s exhibitions. They work with K-12 school groups, adult visitors, people with dementia and Duke class visits. Arts major not required.

Learn more and complete the online application.

Yijun Qian, who graduated in December 2016 with a master’s degree in engineering management, chose Allegorical Portrait of a Lady (after Caspar Netscher), attributed to Pieter Cornelisz van Slingeland, as one of her favorite works of art at the Nasher. The museum could not open without the student guards who assist with museum security.

This painting always catches my eye when I enter the gallery. The woman is depicted so elegantly with her silver dress and her pose. I also like how everything in the painting is symbolic, like the plant the woman is stepping on. It’s like a puzzle trying to figure out what the details mean.
Yijun Qian, who graduated in December 2016 with a master’s degree in engineering management.

Articles

Student Experience: Caroline Frank

Caroline Frank’s parents gave her a choice: Christmas presents or New Orleans. The Duke senior did not hesitate. She picked the Big Easy, traveling with the Nasher Museum’s marketing department in November 2017 for the ope...

Published August 23, 2018