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Collections Intern (Northwestern Terra Cotta) | National Building Museum posted Feb 3, 2025

401 F St NW
Washington, DC 20001
United States
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Paid Internship: Yes

Start Date for Internship 05/29/2025
End Date for Internship 08/31/2025

The National Building Museum is currently seeking two graduate-level interns to continue an inventory of the Museum's Northwestern Terra Cotta collection. The Northwestern Terra Cotta collection consists of over 60,000 architectural drawings dating from 1900 to 1956. The drawings are all organized by date and project but the drawings from 1926 to 1956 need to be inventoried and rehoused in new folders and flat file drawers. The inventory project is the beginning of a three year grant funded effort to fully catalogue, digitize and conserve the collection.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
-Collaborate with Collections Manager and Senior Registrar to organize, (re)catalogue, and photograph new acquisitions
-Undergo object handling training
-Undergo cataloging training and review
-Enter data into excel spreadsheets for bulk upload into the Museum's collections management database and collections website
-Research into the history and use of specific tools, as needed
-Other duties as assigned

Interns are required to work 200 hours over the course of three months, usually averaging 15-20 hours a week. Hours of position are flexible, but must occur on Monday - Thursday; between 9:00am and 4:00pm. Interns will be provided with a $3,500 stipend for their work on this project. We will also work with your graduate program to ensure you receive academic credit for your work, if necessary.

Orientation for Summer Interns will be held on Thu rsday, May 29, 2025 and the internship will start the week of June 2, 2025 and will conclude in August.

For more info: Collections Intern (Northwestern Terra Cotta)

How to apply:

To apply: https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetailsjob=265776&clientkey=73950D116C307F78984D3086733480DB

Contact:

Laura Wilson
lwilson@nbm.org
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Registration Internship: Collections Management | RISD Museum posted Dec 23, 2024

20 N Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
United States
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Paid: Yes

Start Date for Internship 06/02/2025
End Date for Internship 08/08/2025

The RISD Museum's Mellon summer internship program introduces students to museum work and offers in-depth experience working in a specific department of the RISD Museum. Interns contribute to departmental projects with Museum staff as supervisors. As a cohort, interns discuss museum practice, build professional skills for working in the arts, and learn about how museums live up to their missions. This is designed as an introductory experience for students without prior experience or access to similar opportunities.

Applicants should have a strong interest in museum work and the topics related to the specific internship projects, but no previous museum experience or academic background in art history is necessary. This program is open to currently enrolled college and university undergraduate and graduate students; students graduating in the 2024-25 academic year are also eligible. Students who are not U.S. citizens are welcome to apply for the internship if they have a visa that is valid for the entire internship program (through mid-August 2025).

The ten-week internships begin on June 2 and end on August 8. Interns are expected to work for 20 hours a week. Participation in group seminars and workshops focusing on museum studies and professional practice is included in these weekly hours. Interns will develop a n independent project related to their interests alongside these seminar sessions and at the end of the program, each intern will publicly reflect on their experience and share their work. Browse former interns' perspectives on the collection here. Interns will receive a $4,000 honorarium. A limited amount of funding is available for travel assistance and may be awarded to accepted students who would not otherwise be able to take advantage of this opportunity.

For more info: https://risdmuseum.org/part-time-internship

How to apply:

To apply: https://risdmuseum.org/part-time-internship

Contact:

RISD Museum
museum-academic@risd.edu
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