POST-GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS IN CONSERVATION

The Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education and the Office
of Fellowships are offering three fellowships in conservation at Smithsonian
Institution museum conservation laboratories listed below. In the museum of
their choice, successful applicants will work for a year with senior staff
conservators on Smithsonian collections. Fellows will combine this work with
a research project guided both by their supervisor and SCMRE staff.

Participating Conservation Laboratories, Specialties, Contact Conservator:

Anthropology Conservation, National Museum of Natural History (Ethnographic
Objects) tel: 301-238-3269; FAX: 301-238-3109 Greta Hansen
[log in to unmask]

Conservation Department, National Museum of African Art (Ethnographic &
Contemporary Art) tel: 202-357-4600 x 271 FAX: 202-357-4879 Steve Mellor
[log in to unmask]

Conservation, National Air & Space Museum (Objects, Modern Materials)
 tel: 301-238-3127 FAX: 301-238-3783 Ed McManus [log in to unmask]

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (Textiles) tel: 212-849-8461
  FAX: 212-849-8401 Lucy Commoner [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]

Department of Conservation and Scientific Research Freer/Sackler Galleries
(East Asian Painting, Objects, or Paper) tel: 202-357-4880 x274 FAX:
202-633-9474 Paul Jett  [log in to unmask]

Smithsonian Institution Archives (Paper, Photographs) tel: 202-357-1421 x56
 FAX: 202-357-2395 Sarah Stauderman [log in to unmask]

Eligibility: Recent graduates of a recognized conservation graduate
training schools and those with equivalent experience in conservation.

Application Procedure: Applicants are strongly urged to contact the head of
conservation at the museum(s) that interest them to familiarize themselves
with the programs and possibilities at that museum. Applicants may wish to
discuss with the conservators a mutually feasible starting date, which can
vary from one museum to another. To SCMRE, applicants should send a cover
letter indicating their area of specialization and possible research
interests along with a resume and transcript. Two letters of reference are
mandatory; a third letter of support is encouraged.

Deadline for applications: February 28, 2003
Notification: April 15, 2003
Fellowship beginning date: summer/fall 2003
Stipend: $22,000 + health benefits + $2,000 travel/research funds + access
to SCMRE courses

Correspondence should be directed to:
Education Program, SCMRE, Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746
tel: 301-238-3700 x 102
FAX 301-238-3709

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