Museum Collections Internship: Hands-On Cataloging

Collectionsthatcare; Naperville (IL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 12,000; Part time

Job summary

Naper Settlement in Naperville, IL, is offering a Powell Museum Studies Intern position to gain hands-on collection management experience within an accredited museum setting. You will work under the Director of Collections and Registrar on a project tailored to your interests, such as describing costumes, inventorying works on paper, or updating catalog records.

Ideal candidates are undergraduate students with reverence for artifacts, strong attention to detail, and solid communication skills.

Qualifications

• Must be an undergraduate student.
• Interest in museum collection management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Describe, tag, and rehouse a collection of costume materials.
• Inventory broadsides and works on paper; create catalog records.
• Identify artifacts for processing, rehousing, and marking.
• Assess, tag, and roll textiles; update catalog records accordingly.
• Enhance catalog searchability by researching and adding subject headings.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Independent worker

Team collaboration

Education

Undergraduate student

Job description

Naper Settlement in Naperville, IL, is offering a Powell Museum Studies Intern position to gain hands-on collection management experience within an accredited museum setting. You will work under the Director of Collections and Registrar on a project tailored to your interests, such as describing costumes, inventorying works on paper, or updating catalog records.

Ideal candidates are undergraduate students with reverence for artifacts, strong attention to detail, and solid communication skills.