Collections Management Intern: Cataloging & Imaging

Peabody Essex Museum; Rowley (MA); Vor Ort; USD 7.400 - 7.800; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Peabody Essex Museum's Collection Management internship offers hands-on experience in cataloguing, image capture, and rehousing of objects as part of PEM's relocation and documentation efforts. Interns will work with collection managers to populate new storage areas, maintain accurate locations, and help finalize shelving for the database.

Applicants must hold an undergraduate degree and may be graduate students or recent graduates in Museum Studies, Library Science, Art, Photography,

Qualifikationen

• Applicants must hold an undergraduate degree.
• Current graduate students and recent graduates pursuing or holding degrees in Museum Studies, Library Science, Art, Photography, History, or a related field are encouraged to apply.

Aufgaben

• Catalog objects and capture images.
• Rehouse objects and update storage locations.
• Assist in populating new storage areas and maintain location accuracy.
• Support grant and research projects and educational programming.
• Assist with photographing museum objects.
• Learn care and conservation basics for handling objects.

Kenntnisse

Attention detail

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

MS Office

Google Suite

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Acrobat

Relational Database

Ausbildung

Undergraduate degree

Tools

Relational Databases

Jobbeschreibung

The Peabody Essex Museum's Collection Management internship offers hands-on experience in cataloguing, image capture, and rehousing of objects as part of PEM's relocation and documentation efforts. Interns will work with collection managers to populate new storage areas, maintain accurate locations, and help finalize shelving for the database.

Applicants must hold an undergraduate degree and may be graduate students or recent graduates in Museum Studies, Library Science, Art, Photography,