Summer Internship at The Sargent House Museum [The Sargent House Museum, Gloucester, MA ]

Summer Internship at The Sargent House Museum [The Sargent House Museum, Gloucester, MA ]

Description: The Sargent House Museum in Gloucester is seeking interns for its 2016 Summer Intern Program. Gloucester and Cape Ann high school students and college students and are given first consideration, though others are also encouraged to apply. The internship begins immediately and runs through 

Fall 2016 Development and Membership Intern [Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN]

Fall 2016 Development and Membership Intern [Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN]

Project Summary: The intern will work with, and as part of, the development and membership staff to help improve the customer experience of the Society’s members and donors by aiding in the maintenance and accuracy of the Society’s development database.  In this role, the intern 

Fall 2016 World War I Daybook Research Assistant [Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN]

Fall 2016 World War I Daybook Research Assistant [Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN]

Project Summary: The Collections Department documents the history and culture of the state by building, preserving and making available the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. The intern will work independently and with staff in the Collections Department toward developing a series of blog posts 

Fall 2016 IT HelpDesk Intern [Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN]

Fall 2016 IT HelpDesk Intern [Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN]

Project summary:  The intern will provide Help Desk Project assistance to technical services (TS) staff on all open help desk calls and other projects. The incumbent will work with TS staff to document both new and completed tasks. Other duties include working with the network 

Fall 2016 Multimedia Intern [Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN]

Fall 2016 Multimedia Intern [Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN]

Project Summary: The Multimedia Intern will assist MNHS multimedia staff in the development, production and implementation of a variety of multimedia projects for exhibits, education, promotion and the support of departments across the organization.  The media staff at MNHS produce everything from online videos to 

What We’re Reading: Telling Difficult Stories at the Abbe Museum

What We’re Reading: Telling Difficult Stories at the Abbe Museum

Today’s “What We’re Reading” post comes to you from Colleen Sutherland, recent Tufts Museum Studies graduate and previous co-editor of the Tufts Museum Studies Blog. http://www.pressherald.com/2016/05/22/abbe-museums- new-exhibition- tells-many- difficult-stories/ Although this article is a news article, and not a strictly academic article, I still think it’s