DEADLINE APPROACHES MARCH 30^th

 

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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L.W.S. Petznick, Ph.D.

McFaddin-Ward House

Curator of Collections

725 Third St.

Beaumont, TX 77701

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