Museum Textile Services is expanding our volunteer intern staff beginning this May. MTS Internships provide a sound introduction to textile conservation treatments, philosophy, and literature while working hands-on with historic artifacts. We require our volunteers to commit a minimum of one day per week from 9:30 to 5:30 for a minimum of 120 hours. Hand-sewing experience, excellent eyesight, and great team skills are essential. To apply please email your resume and a brief note of introduction to museumtextiles@gmail.com. Click on the above link and explore our website in order to learn more about requirements. Click here to download our Internship Guidelines and Internship FAQs.

UCLA Library Conservation Center

The UCLA Library Preservation Department is offering a conservation pre-program internship for qualified students who are applying for Masters-level training in conservation.Application deadline is May 7, 2013. These internships are 75% FTE (30 hours/week) for an eight week period, with a flexible start date from July 1 to September 16.

Interns will be hired as Limited Appointment employees, with a salary rate of $14.32/mo. (full-time rate) and will be eligible for UCLA Core level benefits.

For more information on the internship including how to apply, please visit:

http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/preservation/2013/04/19/summerfall-internship/

National Archives and Records Administration Internship

The National Archives and Records Administration is seeking an archival science intern. As a Student Intern, you will perform work on archival records, which may include reference service, arrangement, processing, description, preservation and holdings maintenance, sorting, retrieval, relocation, and re-filing of records.

SALARY RANGE: $11.95 to $11.95 / Per Hour

OPEN PERIOD: Friday, April 19, 2013 to Friday, April 26, 2013

POSITION INFORMATION: Part Time 32 hours - Temporary NTE One Year

PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 03

DUTY LOCATIONS: 3 vacancies in the following location: Spanish Lake, MO United States

WHO MAY APPLY: Student Intern Eligibles

You must be a student accepted for enrollment or enrolled and seeking a degree (diploma, certificate, etc.) in a qualifying educational institution, on a full or half-time basis (as defined by the institution in which the student is enrolled).

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:

See website for more information and links to required supporting documents.

Paper conservation internship available at Judd Foundation, Marfa, Texas

The Marfa Conservation Studio is looking for a paper conservation intern to participate in a cataloging and re-housing project of work on paper.

The duration of the internship is approx 4 months commencing in the beginning of August depending on the candidate’s availability.

The candidate should be currently enrolled in a Conservation Training Program, have graduated recently or have a minimum of one year of experience in a conservation studio working with art on paper. The candidate should be willing to live in a small rural southwest Texas town for the period of the internship.

Housing will be provided for the duration of the internship and a stipend of $200 pr week.

To apply please send your letter of interest, resume and 2 letters of recommendation by May 13th 2013 to:

Conservator Mette Carlsen

Judd Foundation

P.O. Box 218

Marfa, TX 79843

Or by email: mcarlsen@juddfoundation.org

Historic New England

Summer Internship– 2013 

Historic New England is seeking applications for an 8-10 week summer internship in conservation beginning in June of 2013.

Projects for the summer will focus on objects and interiors from several historic properties, exhibitions, installation, preparing an object specific database and digital photography. The successful candidate will gain considerable experience treating a wide variety of materials in a productive and well equipped conservation laboratory. This is a part time, four days per week, unpaid internship.

Candidates must be first or second year students in an accredited conservation training program. The internship is based at Historic New England’s conservation laboratory located in the Collections and Conservation Center in Haverhill, Massachusetts, approximately 45 minutes north of Boston. 

Applications will be accepted through May10, 2013.  Please send curriculum vitae and cover letter to jobs@historicnewengland.org or mail to Historic New England, 151 Essex Street, Haverhill, MA 01832, Attn: Michaela Neiro, Objects Conservator.

Collections Intern at the Newport Historical Society

The Newport Historical Society in Newport, RI is seeking a collections intern (unpaid) for about 8-10 hours per week. Collections experience is necessary, especially with handling, since the position will be mostly tagging and packing items for storage. Experience cataloging or familiarity with PastPerfect is a plus. This position may also take collections photographs and complete some accession research. There is an opportunity that this internship will lead to a part-time collections position as the NHS progresses in an inventory project over the next 18 months.  Please contact Stacie Parillo, Registrar/Archivist Newport Historical Society, sparillo@newporthistorical.org

KUNIEJ BERRY ASSOCIATES, LLC SUMMER 2013 INTERNSHIP

Position

The position is offered for an 8 to 12 week summer internship with the Kuniej Berry Associates studio, Chicago. The intern will be responsible for examination, photography, written documentation and treatment of a WPA mural by a late 19th to early 20th century German artist active in Wisconsin. The internship is a paid position with a stipend of approximately $3,360 to $4,200.

Application

Please send a cover letter outlining your interests along with your Curriculum Vitae. References and a letter of recommendation from a professional familiar with your experience in the field of conservation would be appreciated.

Applications should be sent to:

Cynthia Kuniej Berry
Kuniej Berry Associates, LLC
1802 West Berteau Avenue, Suite 211
Chicago,IL 60613-1817
ckuniejberry@comcast.net

Temporary Outdoor Sculpture Conservation Technician Positions

Preservation Society of Newport County

July 1 – August 9, 2013

The Preservation Society of Newport County is looking for two technicians for a six-week paid position in outdoor sculpture preservation.  Technicians will take part in the condition survey, documentation, maintenance and treatment of the outdoor sculpture collection on the properties of the Preservation Society.

The technicians will be paid $15/hr.

Please submit a brief statement of interest and CV to Linsly Boyer at linsly.boyeryoung@gmail.com by April 20, 2013.  Please contact Jeff Moore for further information at JMoore@newportmansions.org or 401-846-0783.

Deadline:  March 30, 2013

The Project:

The Vermont Historical Society will be hiring two interns for twelve weeks during the summer of 2013. The interns will work as a team inventorying and cataloging the Kent Museum collections. The collections are currently housed at the Kent Museum, an historic house museum, in Calais, Vermont and at the Vermont History Center in Barre. The collections in Calais will be inventoried and cataloged and then packed and transported to the Vermont History Center in Barre. Kent Collections currently stored in Barre will be unpacked and cataloged and then re-housed in appropriate storage areas at the Vermont History Center. Duties will range from cleaning and moving artifacts to research and writing for the catalog. Interns will report to the curator but will also work with the registrar.

Windgate Museum Internship at the Tennessee State Museum
Quilt Cataloging Internship

The intern reports to TSM’s Senior Curator of Fashion & Textiles and assists museum
personnel in cataloging, photographing, and storing about 100 quilts dating from the
mid-19th century to the present. During this process, the intern will be specifically
responsible for identifying patterns, textile types, and construction techniques in the
quilts during cataloging and will observe and learn national best practices in textile
handling and storage, especially for quilts and other large textiles. The intern will also
learn to enter cataloging and other information into TSM’s collections database.
 

Duration and Stipend:
The internship is for a total of approximately 400 hours, which may be completed on a full-time or part-time basis, but all of which must be fulfilled at the Tennessee State Museum between May 2013 and April 2014. It is supported by a stipend of $11.50 per hour.

Application:
To be considered for this position, please apply no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 1, 2013.

Applicants will receive notification of TSM’s final decision by Friday, April 19, 2013.