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Collection Management Internship (Volunteer) [Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA]

Collection Management Internship (Volunteer) [Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA]

FAM Collection Management Internship (Volunteer) Description: The Fitchburg Art Museum is seeking a Collection Management Intern for Summer 2016 (June 1- Aug. 30) to assist the Collection Manager in overseeing the care of a collection of over 4,000 works of art including sculpture, painting, prints/drawings, 

Call for What We’re Reading Submissions

Call for What We’re Reading Submissions

We know how difficult it can be to keep up with current museum literature during your busy everyday life, particularly if you no longer have a syllabus to guide you. Our goal is to provide our readership with up-to-date information about a wide variety of topics that 

Special Tour Opportunity at the Tufts Art Gallery

Special Tour Opportunity at the Tufts Art Gallery

Join a special tour at Tufts’ Art Gallery Thursday, April 14th, 5 – 6:30, related to interpreting violent histories. The current exhibition includes artwork by Marcelo Brodsky and Jorge Tacla addressing the legacy of violence in Argentina and Chile, in particular, and the tour will also include commentary by the Gallery’s Liz Cantor and Noe Montez, in Tufts’ Theater program. Dr. Montez’s new work is focused on survivor-tour guides at former torture sites in Argentina. He is exploring how traumatic history is performed for visitors, and he and Liz have devised a way to weave those issues into the exhibition tour.

If you’re interested, please send an RSVP to bridget.conley@tufts.edu

Summer Course at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London

Summer Course at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London

European Decorative Arts: Baroque to Art Nouveau will run from 31st May to 24th June 2016 at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, England. This is an intensive course which focuses on object-based teaching and makes use of the rich resources of London’s museums and historic 

Collections Intern [Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT]

Collections Intern [Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT]

Collections Intern Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT Interns working with the Curator of Collections will become familiar with conducting inventories, basic object handling, and object numbering through hands-on projects. Interns will also gain experience in cataloging practices, conducting research, and entering data into the museum’s 

Archives Internship [Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT]

Archives Internship [Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT]

Archives Internship

Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT

Interns working with the Curator of Library & Archives will arrange and describe collections of papers. They will gain experience working with the archives management system ArchivesSpace. They will conduct research, write elements of finding aids, and digitize documents and photographs. They may also assist in creating public programs and exhibitions. Internships are unpaid and may be used for college credit. Visit http://litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/about/internships.php to learn more and to fill out an application. Email education@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org to learn more. Posted on: 04/05/2016