All due respect Heurich House colleagues, but the appearance of yet another unpaid “opportunity” speaks to soooo much that is wrong with our field. Not to single you out, as you’re obviously following museum SOP.
Perhaps, it’s time to call out our Museum Leaders who should be doing more on this front. Few of us have the ear of our boards, so it’s up to our directors and other senior folk. Imagine they’ll tell you that they have much larger fish to fry. I’d argue that it’s all part of making a case for your support—something that should begin internally by educating the board and supporters about the true cost of doing business. And about the importance of investing in people. Even in my one-person shop I find ways to pay people for the value they bring to a project. Call me cranky…or chalk it up to having college-age kids who’re caught up in this same unpaid mess.
Dean
Dean Krimmel, Creative Museum Services/Qm2
Helping Museums and Cultural Nonprofits
423 Range Road Baltimore, MD 21204
...as we discover our past, so we discover ourselves -- and more.
Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects
The Heurich House Museum in Washington, D.C. is pleased to announce two internships for the Spring semester, listed below:
Finished by German-American brewer Christian Heurich in 1894, the Heurich House Museum is a Victorian/Edwardian-period mansion located near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. The home, locally christened “The Brewmaster’s Castle,” features a comprehensive collection of period furnishings, original interiors, and innovative period technology.
The museum seeks a motivated intern to assist the Curator with collections management and exhibition development. As part of the Curatorial Department, the Curatorial Intern will have the opportunity to work closely with the Curator to establish a cohesive and easily-accessible management system for the museum’s collection of original furnishings, accessories, textiles, and other objects. Additionally, the intern will assist with the update of a permanent exhibition, Branding Liquid Gold: Marketing at the Christian Heurich Brewing Co. from 1873-1956. They will also assist in the development of historically-accurate educational programming for 2014. As a result of the internship, the intern will have gained skills focused on collections management for the non-profit realm, and will have greatly contributed to the development of a collections management program at the museum.
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Develop a comprehensive collections management system with a knowledge of archival materials and techniques.
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Perform research on existing collections, as well as potential acquisitions and exhibition-based materials.</