Photograph Collections Intern: Catalog, Digitize & Rehouse

National Building Museum; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

The National Building Museum seeks two graduate-level interns to organize, catalog, scan, and rehouse photographs from the Robert C. Lautman Photography Collection. The Lautman Collection includes thousands of prints, negatives, and slides with related materials.

Interns will learn cataloging standards, archival techniques, and digitization workflows while contributing to a multi-year project. On-site internship requires 2–3 days per week totaling 400 hours, starting Jan 18, 2026, with

Qualifications

• Candidates must be enrolled in or recently graduated from a graduate program.
• Previous experience with museum collections preferred.
• Knowledge of proper archival and collections management techniques.
• Self-starter that can work independently.
• Be creative and a problem solver
• Ability to work well in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Catalog, scan, and rehouse photographs from the Robert C. Lautman Photography Collection.
• Enter data into Excel for bulk upload into the Museum’s collections management database and website.
• Digitize collections using flatbed scanner, lightboard, and digital camera.
• Research the content and location of photographs, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Self-starter

Team player

Detail-oriented

Research skills

Education

Graduate program enrollment or recent graduate

Job description

The National Building Museum seeks two graduate-level interns to organize, catalog, scan, and rehouse photographs from the Robert C. Lautman Photography Collection. The Lautman Collection includes thousands of prints, negatives, and slides with related materials.

Interns will learn cataloging standards, archival techniques, and digitization workflows while contributing to a multi-year project. On-site internship requires 2–3 days per week totaling 400 hours, starting Jan 18, 2026, with