Posted August 2, 2023
About the OpportunityThe Cape Ann Museum (CAM) is a leading regional museum at the epicenter of artistic and marinehistory in the Northeast. The Museum’s nationally significant collections include fine and decorative arts and artifacts relating to Cape Ann’s earliest days as a major fishing and shipping port, its mid-19th century role in the granite industry,…
Posted July 24, 2023
General Description:The Project Archivist and Manager is a key member of the Project Team at Connecticut Museum of Culture and History (formerly known as Connecticut Historical Society) and will oversee the day-to-day activities associated with the American Revolution Papers Digitization Project to digitize and catalog documents related to the American Revolution. The Project Manager will…
Posted June 16, 2023
The Adirondack Experience (ADKX) seeks a self-motivated, graduate-level library student for a 12-week guidebook cataloging internship. The intern will work on-site at the ADKX Library in Blue Mountain Lake, NY and will report to the museum’s Director of Archives & Special Collections. Funded by the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, this opportunity will provide the…
Posted May 11, 2023
About the OpportunityThe Cape Ann Museum (CAM) is a leading regional museum at the epicenter of artistic and marine history in the Northeast. The Museum’s nationally significant collections include fine and decorative arts and artifacts relating to Cape Ann’s earliest days as a major fishing and shipping port, its mid- 19th century role in the…
Posted April 20, 2023
Description: The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is looking for bids from contractors for professional, non-personal, work-for-hire archives processing services. The purpose of this contract is to assist the Office of Curatorial Affairs (OCA) with archival processing, arrangement, preservation, and description in support of creating physical and digital access to its…
Posted April 11, 2023
Job Description The Winterthur Library seeks a creative, thoughtful, and collaborative curator to help develop, steward, and engage its special collections. The Winterthur Library is a renowned independent academic research library dedicated to documenting, understanding, and engaging the artistic, cultural, social, and intellectual history of the Americas in a global context from the 17th to…
Posted April 11, 2023
Job Description Under the direction of the Library Director, the Special Collections Cataloging and Metadata Librarian manages cataloging and metadata activities to enhance discovery of and access to the Winterthur Library’s rich multimedia collections. The Special Collections Cataloging and Metadata Librarian creates records for scholarly and special collection items in a wide range of formats…
Posted April 3, 2023
Description The Colonial Dames of Massachusetts are seeking museum guides for the Dorothy Quincy Homestead in Quincy MA. The Homestead is a beautiful property that was home to four generations of the Edmund Quincy family from 1681-1760 as well as the Black people they enslaved and Native Americans. It was the childhood home of Dorothy Quincy,…
Posted March 30, 2023
About the Internship: The Peabody Essex Museum’s Phillips Library Technical Services Department is seeking an intern from June 8 – August 25, 2023. Under the direction of the Technical Services Librarian and Assistant Cataloging Librarian the intern will participate in collection development activities including weeding, library stacks space management, and metadata creation. The intern will…
Posted March 17, 2023
Description Reproducing historically accurate clothing in a museum setting encompasses a multitude of skills and processes, including research and development, use of period and modern construction techniques, as well as sharing this knowledge and skill with our guests who visit Plimoth Patuxet Museums. The Historical Clothing & Textiles Production intern will experience the unique day-to-day…
