Summer Internship
The successful candidate will enjoy working
with a unique collection in
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.
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 references to the address listed below by
If you have additional questions, please
contact:
Ware Petznick, Ph.D.
Curator of Collections
McFaddin-Ward House
725
409-832-1906
L.W.S. Petznick, Ph.D.
McFaddin-Ward House
Curator of Collections
725
409.832.1906 p
409.832.3483 f
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