National Gallery of Art Summer Internship Program

 

Since 1964 the National Gallery of Art has offered professional museum training to candidates from all backgrounds through a variety of internship programs. Nine-week summer internships provide opportunities to work on projects directed by a Gallery curator or department head. Biweekly museum seminars introduce interns to the broad spectrum of museum work, and to Gallery staff, departments, programs, and functions.

 

There is one internship opening in the Gallery Archives Department. The intern will work directly with materials relating to the history of the National Gallery of Art, including files, photographs, and architectural drawings for the museum's buildings. He or she will organize, preserve, and describe a group of documents and undertake related digital imaging and database development for them. The intern will be introduced to archival principles and the work of museum archives as well as practical issues associated with the transition to the digital environment. Preference will be given to current graduate students (e.g., MA, MLS) with an interest in the digital imaging of archival materials and 2008 graduates with such a degree.

 

Dates for the internship will be June 16 to August 15, 2008.  Interns receive a stipend of $4,500 and are subject to all applicable taxes.

 

Applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This is an international program.

 

For application and additional information, please visit:    http://www.nga.gov/education/internsumm.shtm

 

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