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        The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is offering two one-year postgraduate internships in conservation, sponsored by the Getty Grant program.  These internships will be offered in the following specialties: furniture, upholstery, textiles, objects, paper, metals, and preventive conservation.  The intern will work with an important collections of 17th, 18th, and 19th -century British and American fine and decorative arts under the supervision of foundation conservators.  Treatment will be the primary focus, along with responsibilities in the operation and daily maintenance of the labs in the new Dewitt Wallace Collections and Conservation Center.  In addition, the intern will devote time to an independent research project, preferably leading to a public presentation of publishable paper.

        Candidates should be graduates of a recognized program in conservation and have experience working with comparable collections.  Experience in research and conservation documentation is necessary, and candidates should have good communication skills.  Candidates must either be a citizen of the United States or have proof of work eligibility from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. 

Both internships will begin in the fall of 1998 and continue for one year.  The salary is $21,748 plus benefits and a $1,500 travel allowance.  

Applications will be considered until April 20, 1998.

For information contact:  F.Carey Howlett, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, P.O. Box 1776, Williamsburg, Virginia  23187-1776.  Call 757-220-7081 for further information and for application forms.



David Harvey
Associate Conservator,
Metals & Arms
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-1776   USA
Voice:    757-220-7039
e-mail:   dharvey @cwf.org