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Fall 2008 Collections Management Intern
Anasazi State Park Museum
Boulder, Utah, USA
Internship Summary: Collections Management Intern
The Intern will assist the museum curator with various projects related to cataloging new acquisitions, completion of condition reports and measurements, physical application of numbers onto the objects, photographing objects, housing of material, and entry into the collection database. The internship will also familiarize the intern with projects and duties in all areas of a state park museum. The intern will spend a certain amount of time in other areas of the museum including visitor services: Provide visitors with area information, feeand gift shop sales collection. However, the focus of the internship will be a specific project in collections management. The project involves cataloging a new accession of prehistoric projectile points. The collection of objects is catalogued in the Re:discovery collections management software system.
Qualifications:
- Must have completed at least one year of graduate college coursework in museum studies, anthropology, or archaeology. A background in Southwest or Great Basin archaeology is preferred with experience in lithic analysis.
- Computer literacy: Microsoft Office, Adobe Products, Re:discovery.
- Basic photography skills, including use of a digital camera
Employment Period: 10 weeks @ 40 hours per week, August through October.
Salary: $75 a week with housing provided.
How to apply: Please fax, email or mail your resume with three professional references to the address listed below by July 26, 2008. If you have additional questions please contact:
Don Montoya
Museum Curator
Anasazi State Park Museum
PO Box 1429
Boulder, UT 84716
Phone: (435) 335-7308
Fax: (435) 335-7352
donmontoya@utah.gov
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This job posted by MERC from July 14 through July 26.
Collections Management Intern
City of Manassas
Manassas, Virginia, USA
Hourly Rate: $10.41
The Manassas Museum System in Manassas, Virginia, is offering a summer internship in collections management. The collections reflect the spectrum of Prince William County, Virginia, with an emphasis on the immediate Manassas area. The permanent collection contains over 5,000 objects, approximately 100 cubic feet of archival materials, and special library collections. Collecting priorities have been objects with a local provenance and those that illustrate the intense Civil War activity of the Manassas area. Much of the collection of objects is catalogued in Past Perfect. For an overview of the Museum System, visit www.manassasmuseum.org.
Project Description
The Museum Collection Summer Intern will assist the Curator with various projects related to maintenance of the collection. Duties include cataloging new acquisitions, completion of condition reports and measurements, physical application of numbers onto the objects, photographing objects, housing of material, and entry into the collection database, Past Perfect.
Qualifications
- First- or second-year graduate student in Museum Studies, emphasis in collections management preferred
- Computer literacy: Microsoft Office a minimum; Past Perfect helpful
- Basic photography skills, including use of a digital camera
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to work independently on a large project
- Attention to detail & neatness
- Background and interest in history preferred
- Museum experience a plus
Duration
The internship requires a minimum of 24 hours a week for two months or more (if additional time is required to fulfill for-credit requirements).
Apply:
Department of Human Resources
9027 Center Street, Room 302
Manassas, VA 20110
FAX: (703) 257-5827
Email: hr@ci.manassas.va.us
www.manassascity.org
Position is open until filled.
EOE M/F
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This job posted by MERC from May 26 through August 27.
The last update to this page was 7-14-08.
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