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…
Posted March 17, 2023
Description Horticulture Interns will work alongside the Museum’s Horticulture and Historic Patuxet Homesite staff to gain an inside knowledge of how traditional Wampanoag gardens and landscapes are planned, maintained and interpreted for diverse public Indigenous and non-Native audiences. Horticulture interns will hone their horticultural skills in existing gardens and landscapes in the Historic Patuxet Homesite…
Posted March 17, 2023
Description Plimoth Patuxet Museums is looking for dynamic, team-oriented educators passionate about engaging learners of all ages to assist with planning, developing and implementing Plimoth Patuxet’s educational programs for youth and family audiences, particularly PPM’s Summer Adventure Camp and Museum Theater Academy. These programs involve indoor and outdoor programming at the Museum’s main campus, including…
Posted March 17, 2023
Descriptions The Collections Care internship offers advanced undergraduate or graduate museum studies students experience in preventative preservation practices and collections management. The Collections Care Intern’s daily responsibilities include inventorying objects, organizing accession files, photographing objects, and constructing custom storage containers for rehousing objects. Additionally, the Collections Care intern will help reorganize collections storage spaces to…
Posted March 15, 2023
Join the Phillips Library, PEM’s research library, as a digital projects intern for Summer 2023! Our digitization program exponentially increases free, worldwide access to our collections and demonstrates that the library is a vital and engaged part of the museum and its communities. This project will include research into provenance and copyright status of our…
Posted February 9, 2023
Description: The Guest Services Associate provides consistently welcoming, high-quality customer service,assisting guests with Museum admission, event tickets, membership and gift shop purchases aswell as planning their Museum visit. This is a part-time, non-exempt position that will pay anhourly wage of $14.20. Hourly schedule ranges from 12-20 hours per week- primarily weekendand special event evening shifts….
Posted January 19, 2023
Job Summary The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University has an opening for one 14-hour per week position running from 2/21/23 to 5/19/23. The Temporary Reference and Processing Assistant will report to Associate Archivist Marie Wasnock and Senior Archivist Katherine Satriano. The person in this role will assist with specific pending reference and processing…
Posted January 11, 2023
Description Happy New Year from Plimoth Patuxet Museums!As winter settles in around Cape Cod Bay, we`re looking ahead to warmer days and the arrival of our summer interns and fellows next June. Plimoth Patuxet Museums has a dynamic slate of internship opportunities this year, and we want to invite your students to apply for the Museum’s 9-week residential…
