Paid Internships
Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum Internships, Waukesha, WI, closes 12/2/08
Paid Internship, National Law Enforcement Museum, Washington, DC, posted: 11/11/08
Thomas Cole Summer Internships, Catskill, NY, posted 11/11/08
Spring 2009 Internships, Deadwood, SD, closes 12/1/08
NTHP Paid Internships, Washington, DC, posted 11/4/08
Research and Evaluation Assistant, Annapolis, MD, closes 12/1/08
NPS Internship, Washington, DC, posted 9/19/08
Spring 2009 Internship, Edgewater, MD, closes 12/1/08
Internship, Mountain View, CA, posted 9/18/08
Paid Internship, Washington, DC, Posted 9/18/08
Collections Management, Washington, DC, posted 7/16/08
Paid Internship, National Law Enforcement Museum (Washington, D.C., U.S.)
Paid Fall Internship available. The National Law Enforcement Museum(www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org
<http://www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org>), a museum in development, is seeking interns to assist with collections development and research. The interns will assist the Museum Programs staff in the acquisition, documentation, and accessioning of the Museum's collection.
Duties include inventory, fully documenting each object (measuring, numbering, digitally photographing, completing condition reports, database management etc.), and re-housing the artifacts in a new storage facility. Interns may also be asked to assist with exhibition design, public programming, and administrative projects.
Candidates must be enrolled in a graduate-level Museum Studies program and possess strong collections management skills, as well as a knowledge of object-handling techniques. Archival experience, knowledge of digital photography, and a familiarity with FilemakerPro or Voyager are pluses. Interns will receive a stipend of $10/hour.
The main office is Metro accessible in downtown Washington, DC; offsite storage is near Suitland, MD, independent transportation is a plus, but not required.
If interested, please submit a letter of interest, resume, and a list of references to Jeni Ashton, Associate Curator, at Jenifer@nleomf.org.
