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 Center, the McFaddin-Ward House, an office building and a Collections and Education building.

 

More than 100,000 artifacts encompass the decorative arts collection and archives.

 

Position Summary: The intern will be exposed 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. Typically, the intern will prepare a small exhibit in the Visitor Center also.

 

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. Paid 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 the address listed below by March 15, 2008. If you have additional questions, please contact: Ware Petznick, Ph.D., Curator of Collections, McFaddin-Ward House, 725 Third St, Beaumont, TX 77706 [log in to unmask] 409-832-1906 www.mcfaddin-ward.org

 

 

Learn about monograms now until April by coming to see "That's Mine: Ciphers and Monograms" in the McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center.

 

The McFaddin-Ward House features three floors of original furnishings, including a newly restored third floor. Explore the McFaddins' world in the first half of the twentieth century. Call 409-832-2134 for tour information.