Internship: Collections Internship Summer 2017, Newseum (Washington DC, USA)

Application Deadline Sunday, October 23, 2016
The Newseum, a revolutionary 250,000-square-foot museum of news, offers visitors an experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits. The intern will work at the museum downtown and have the opportunity to also work at the state-of-the-art storage center in Laurel, Maryland once a week (with Newseum provided transportation from DC).
Internship hours are flexible and can be arranged to fit individual’s schedules – this can include morning work. You will be a member of the small, dynamic Collections team and will be able to make an enormous contribution to the work we do. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain Collections experience and be involved in the day-to-day operations of one of Washington, D.C.’s most popular museums!
Intern responsibilities will include, but are not limited to assisting the Registrar and Collections Specialist with the following tasks:
• Daily monitoring and recording of environmental conditions (temperature, relative humidity, lighting, etc.) in gallery spaces
• Processing donations and incoming loans, including cataloging artifacts in database
• Monitoring and reporting on exhibition conditions as they pertain to exhibited collections
• Assisting with the cleaning of exhibits and artifacts on display pre-opening
• Aiding in the installation and de-installation of exhibited artifacts
• Compiling information for the new Standard Facilities Report particularly regarding the environmental conditions/calculations for each of the galleries
• Helping with basic artifact conservation
• If time and interest permits, short-term, independent research projects related to the collection can be designed
Internships last for a minimum of 12 weeks beginning in June of 2017, and may be part or full-time. This internship position is primarily for college credit.
Qualifications Candidates should be currently enrolled in or should have recently finished a museum-related graduate or undergraduate program, possess basic computer skills, an interest in collections/registration work, and the ability to lift 30 pounds.
Please send your resume, a letter of interest and two references to:
Newseum
Human Resources Department
555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
E-mail: jobs@newseum.org
Please attach these materials as ONE document or PDF and name it ‘LastName_FirstName.’
For more information, visit: http://www.newseum.org/about/jobs-internships/?jobdetails=91