Internship Opportunities
Please contact the institution directly for application details.
Collections Intern (Northwestern Terra Cotta) | National Building Museum posted Feb 3, 2025
401 F St NW
Washington, DC 20001
United States
Map it (opens in a new window)
Paid Internship: Yes
Start Date for Internship 05/29/2025
End Date for Internship 08/31/2025
The National Building Museum is currently seeking two graduate-level interns to continue an inventory of the Museum's Northwestern Terra Cotta collection. The Northwestern Terra Cotta collection consists of over 60,000 architectural drawings dating from 1900 to 1956. The drawings are all organized by date and project but the drawings from 1926 to 1956 need to be inventoried and rehoused in new folders and flat file drawers. The inventory project is the beginning of a three year grant funded effort to fully catalogue, digitize and conserve the collection.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
-Collaborate with Collections Manager and Senior Registrar to organize, (re)catalogue, and photograph new acquisitions
-Undergo object handling training
-Undergo cataloging training and review
-Enter data into excel spreadsheets for bulk upload into the Museum's collections management database and collections website
-Research into the history and use of specific tools, as needed
-Other duties as assigned
Interns are required to work 200 hours over the course of three months, usually averaging 15-20 hours a week. Hours of position are flexible, but must occur on Monday - Thursday; between 9:00am and 4:00pm. Interns will be provided with a $3,500 stipend for their work on this project. We will also work with your graduate program to ensure you receive academic credit for your work, if necessary.
Orientation for Summer Interns will be held on Thu rsday, May 29, 2025 and the internship will start the week of June 2, 2025 and will conclude in August.
For more info: Collections Intern (Northwestern Terra Cotta) (opens in a new window)
How to apply:
To apply: https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetailsjob=265776&clientkey=73950D116C307F78984D3086733480DB
Contact:
Laura Wilson
lwilson@nbm.org
n/a
Do you have an internship opportunity you would like advertised on ARCSInfo.org?
Submit an opportunity using our form:
