Curatorial Intern - ONSITE - Steamtown National Historic Site

Environment for the Americas • Scranton, PA

3d • $688 - $688 • Onsite

About The Position

The intern will work hands-on with museum collections related to America’s railroading history. The intern will assist the park’s curatorial staff with routine housekeeping and environmental monitoring in exhibit spaces and collection storage areas to ensure the preservation and protection of museum collections and to enhance the visitor experience to the site. The intern will assist staff in conducting the Annual Inventory of Museum Property, a requirement for all NPS units that manage museum collections. In addition, the intern will learn to safely handle, research, and document museum objects while creating an inventory and proposal documents for found in collection items to present to the park’s Collection Advisory Committee for possible inclusion in the museum collection. The intern will participate in researching and writing social media posts that feature museum collections and projects completed during the internship.

Requirements

• The candidate is enthusiastic about history and preserving/protecting cultural material.
• Demonstrates attention to detail.
• Works well individually and in a team setting.
• Experience with or willingness to learn object handling, cataloging, inventorying, writing acquisition proposals, and utilizing a museum collection database.
• Experience conducting historical research.

Responsibilities

• Assist with Annual Inventory of Museum Property.
• Maintain databases that document environmental data of the park’s museum collections.
• Create inventory and proposal forms for objects found in the park’s museum collection that require research, documentation, and review to decide if they will be accepted into the museum collection.
• Produce social media posts that feature museum collections and projects completed during the internship.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed