DEADLINE APPROACHES MARCH 30th
Summer Internship Opportunity at the McFaddin-Ward House
The successful candidate will enjoy working with a unique collection in
Southeast Texas at an AAM accredited museum. The McFaddin-Ward House is
a gem. Mamie McFaddin Ward lived most of her life here in this
Beaux-Arts Colonial mansion and made arrangements to establish her
family home as a historic house museum. The museum encompasses three
city blocks and includes a state of the art Visitor's Center, the
McFaddin-Ward House, an Administrative office building and a Collections
and Education building.
More than 100,000 artifacts encompass the decorative arts collection and
vast archives.
Position Summary: This is an internship that will expose the intern to
projects and duties in all areas of a historic house museum. The intern
will spend a certain amount of time determined at the beginning of the
internship in Collections, Education and Archives. The focus of the
internship will be a specific project chosen by the intern in either
interpretation or collections management. Work is performed under
general supervision of the museum curator.
Duties may include: Collections management: Research, storage upgrades
for museum collection, object photography, environmental and Integrated
Pest Management monitoring, cataloguing photographs, and organizing and
cataloguing museum archives.
Interpretation: Develop a curriculum-based program for adult audiences,
develop a new temporary exhibit, plan and organize a special event.
Administration: Assist Curator or Education Coordinator with tasks as
assigned.
Qualifications: Must have a strong interest in working with collections
or interpretation. Candidates must be capable of precise and
detail-oriented work. A background in museum studies, history, art
history or education is preferred. Computer literacy is expected.
Employment Period: 10 weeks @ up to 35 hours per week. Flexible dates
between May and August. This internship will provide hands-on experience
for the qualified candidate and is unpaid. Unpaid internship length and
hours are negotiable. Office staff is willing to assist with necessary
paperwork for interns to obtain course credit.
How to apply: Please fax, email or mail your resume with 3 professional
or academic references to Ware Petznick at the address listed below by
March 30, 2005. If you have additional questions, please contact:
Ware Petznick, Ph.D.
Curator of Collections
McFaddin-Ward House
725 Third St
Beaumont, TX 77706
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409-832-1906
www.mcfaddin-ward.org <http://www.mcfaddin-ward.org/>
L.W.S. Petznick, Ph.D.
McFaddin-Ward House
Curator of Collections
725 Third St.
Beaumont, TX 77701
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