Conservation Documentation Intern

SFMOMA • San Francisco, CA

19d • $7,000 - $7,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Conservation Documentation Intern will assist the conservation team in developing a cohesive practice for capturing critical information about an artwork’s lifecycle, from accession and conservation to installation, within a museum environment. This internship focuses primarily on documentation, archiving, and digitization.

It will not offer hands-on treatment training and is not designed as a pre-program position.
The intern will play a vital role in maintaining the integrity and accessibility of essential records. The role involves a significant amount of routine data processing, making these records available to the conservation team and departments across the museum. We are seeking a self-motivated individual who enjoys independent, detail-focused work and takes pride in exceptional accuracy and efficiency.

Requirements

• Applicants must be currently enrolled in Master's program or a recent graduate, preferably in Museum Studies, Information Science, or a similar program. The SFMOMA recognizes a graduation date within 6 months of the internship start date as a recent graduate.
• If you are a current employee of the SFMOMA applying for an internship, you must be a current student or a recent graduate, within 6 months of the internship start date.
• Must have prior experience working in an archive, library or museum
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to meet weekly input deadline efficiently
• Familiarity with database management systems
• Ability to work independently in a focused, self-motivated manner

Responsibilities

• Assist the team to consolidate and archive documentation related to past projects and conservation activities from multiple sources
• Engage in conversations with conservators to understand different needs and workflows for documentation
• Assist with archiving and organizing conservation records, ranging from treatment reports to photo documentation
• Collect and digitize critical records (such as installation instructions) and make them accessible to other stakeholders within the museum
• Participate in cross departmental meetings to understand museum’s existing workflows in order to help identify potential knowledge gap and needs
• Verify and cross-reference data for errors, discrepancies, and inconsistencies, making necessary corrections to ensure data integrity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees