This internship will give you the possibility to showcase your own research (field) to a diverse audience in the context of the museum’s exhibition. After an introductory overview to the museum’s departments and their activities as well as the currently running exhibitions, you will identify potential contact points between your own research (field) and the exhibition. The idea is to develop a suitable activity/presentation which can be shown to the visitors of the museum, and which shows state-of-the-art research projects within the context of natural history as such. The aim is to build bridges between the museum, external (potentially young) researchers and the public, and thus creating a place of exchange.

Show your own research by developing a hands-on science activity/workshop for an event. Under the supervision of your internship host, you will develop a hands-on activity about your research (field) of 10-30 minutes for a general audience. You will have to animate it during at least two events, for instance:

• the Museum Days (18/19 May 2024)
  • the Naturmusée Fest (15 September 2024)
  • the Nuits des Musées (12 October)
  • Moving Labs Festival (adult audience, 15 November 2024)
  • the Science Festival (November 2025)
  • the Researchers Day’s (November 2026)
  • Open Day of uni.lu
  • visits in schools
  • and many other opportunities

Alternatively, the intern can also be dealing with:

• writing press releases, texts and scripts for radio program, producing radio talks on natural history facts and presenting them on Radio RTL
  • participating in the elaboration of larger events like the Science Festival (event management)
• contributing to the elaboration of content for our social media channels.