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The Museum Collections Management Internship at the Chaco-Aztec Museum & Archives Facility in Albuquerque is now open for applications at preservenet.org/job/national-park-service-ncpe-internship-program-albuquerque-nm-internship-ncpe-internship-museum-collections-management-intern-1200-hrs/! The internship is expected to begin in early January. Fulltime or part-time hour schedule is negotiable.

Location: Albuquerque, NM

Benefits: PTO and University of New Mexico Proximity Parking Pass

Duration: 1200 hrs total

Description: This internship will provide a wide range of experience working with collections management activities within an active National Park Service (NPS) museum and archives program. Work may include processing and cataloging collections from multiple discipline types, maintaining environmental conditions through integrative pest management and temperature/humidity monitoring, assisting with preservation activities including specialty re-housing of materials, and preparing items and spaces for tours, tribal object studies, and researchers. Additional projects will include repository inventories, collection documentation, and working under the guidance of the curator and archivist on additional projects identified during the internship period. The intern will work both independently and in a team environment. This internship will be a practical real-world experience to supplement formal museum studies education in a supportive environment.

The internship site is located in an NPS-leased facility on the University of New Mexico campus where collections for both Chaco Culture National Historical Park (Nageezi, NM) and Aztec Ruins National Monument (Aztec, NM) are managed. The combined collection includes 3.1 million documents, objects, and specimens from archeology, history, biology, geology, art, and archival disciplines. Peer intern references will be provided to candidates upon request during the interview phase.

This position is funded by the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE), in cooperation with the National Park Service. Program eligibility requirements apply; visit https://preservenet.org/ncpe-internships/ for details and instructions on how to apply.

Cynthia Wiley

Pronouns: She, Her, Hers

Museum Curator

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Aztec Ruins National Monument

Chaco-Aztec Museum & Archives Facility - Albuquerque

505-346-2871 ext. 201

505-419-9024 cell

The National Park Service has managed the lands known as Aztec Ruins National Monument and Chaco Culture National Historical Park since the early 1900s. The NPS recognizes 26 modern day tribes as traditionally associated with these lands for more than 10,000 years.