Museum Registration & Art Management Intern - Summer

Crystal Bridges - Museum of American Art; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Crystal Bridges - Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas offers an Art Management Internship for summer, focusing on museum registration, collections care, and exhibition logistics under the Associate Registrar of Exhibitions. The program provides hands-on experience with the museum's systems and procedures.

Interns learn to process artwork data, participate in planning meetings, observe installations and deinstallations, and gain insight into registrar operations and museum careers

Qualifications

• College student with completed coursework in studio art, art history, history, museum studies, or library science.
• Familiarity with complex database systems a plus.
• Experience with data entry and proofreading.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed and accurate data entry in collections management database (TMS).
• Organize and file relevant documentation in paper and digital object files.
• Assist with routine condition checks of artworks on display.
• Assist with unpacking and intake process for new acquisitions and loans.
• Attend cross-departmental planning meetings for exhibitions.
• Shadow art installations and deinstallations when possible.
• Support various departmental projects as needed.

Skills

data entry

proofreading

Education

College student with coursework in art/history/museum studies

Tools

TMS (The Museum System)

Job description

Crystal Bridges - Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas offers an Art Management Internship for summer, focusing on museum registration, collections care, and exhibition logistics under the Associate Registrar of Exhibitions. The program provides hands-on experience with the museum's systems and procedures.

Interns learn to process artwork data, participate in planning meetings, observe installations and deinstallations, and gain insight into registrar operations and museum careers