{"id":15826,"date":"2016-10-21T10:19:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=15826"},"modified":"2016-10-21T10:19:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:19:29","slug":"internship-collections-internship-summer-2017-newseum-washington-dc-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2016\/10\/21\/internship-collections-internship-summer-2017-newseum-washington-dc-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship: Collections Internship Summer 2017, Newseum (Washington DC, USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Application Deadline Sunday, October 23, 2016<\/strong>
\nThe 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).
\nInternship hours are flexible and can be arranged to fit individual\u2019s 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.\u2019s most popular museums!
\nIntern responsibilities will include, but are not limited to assisting the Registrar and Collections Specialist with the following tasks:
\n\u2022 Daily monitoring and recording of environmental conditions (temperature, relative humidity, lighting, etc.) in gallery spaces
\n\u2022 Processing donations and incoming loans, including cataloging artifacts in database
\n\u2022 Monitoring and reporting on exhibition conditions as they pertain to exhibited collections
\n\u2022 Assisting with the cleaning of exhibits and artifacts on display pre-opening
\n\u2022 Aiding in the installation and de-installation of exhibited artifacts
\n\u2022 Compiling information for the new Standard Facilities Report particularly regarding the environmental conditions\/calculations for each of the galleries
\n\u2022 Helping with basic artifact conservation
\n\u2022 If time and interest permits, short-term, independent research projects related to the collection can be designed
\nInternships 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.
\nQualifications 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.
\nPlease send your resume, a letter of interest and two references to:
\nNewseum<\/strong>
\nHuman Resources Department
\n555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
\nWashington, DC 20001
\nE-mail: jobs@newseum.org
\nPlease attach these materials as ONE document or PDF and name it \u2018LastName_FirstName.\u2019
\nFor more information, visit: http:\/\/www.newseum.org\/about\/jobs-internships\/?jobdetails=91<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … Continue reading “Internship: Collections Internship Summer 2017, Newseum (Washington DC, USA)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":13684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}