Registrar Intern, Queens Museum (Queens)
Description:
The Registrar Intern will be expected to assist the Registrar/Archives Manager with aspects coordinating reception and preparation of objects for the museum’s upcoming exhibition cycle, as well as other tasks as required. Winter/Spring season exhibitions are Rebecca Solnit with Duke Riley and Mariam Ghani, Dangerous Lines: The Humanism of William Gropper, The Ramones, and Queens International 2016.
Commitment is required from January – May 2016, 2 days per week, with flexibility for additional hours during pre-installation periods.
Responsibilities include:
• Condition reporting
• Cataloging and photography of documents, books and objects
• Processing and tracking incoming and outgoing loans to other museums and institutions
• Processing incoming and outgoing receipts
• Coordinating shipments
• Surveying the condition of objects throughout the run of the exhibitions
• Cataloging and photography of documents, books and objects
• Processing and tracking incoming and outgoing loans to other museums and institutions
• Processing incoming and outgoing receipts
• Coordinating shipments
• Surveying the condition of objects throughout the run of the exhibitions
Qualifications:
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational and archival skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to be flexible.
• Proficiency with Windows and Microsoft office software.
• Knowledge of archival principles and practices or experience handling museum objects that are delicate, fragile and irreplaceable.
• Experience working in an archive, library, historical society, gallery, or museum.
• Experience assisting in artifact care and maintenance or manuscript collection care in a museum, gallery, archives or library setting.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• A current student in Museum Studies or Library Science is preferred.
• Strong organizational and archival skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to be flexible.
• Proficiency with Windows and Microsoft office software.
• Knowledge of archival principles and practices or experience handling museum objects that are delicate, fragile and irreplaceable.
• Experience working in an archive, library, historical society, gallery, or museum.
• Experience assisting in artifact care and maintenance or manuscript collection care in a museum, gallery, archives or library setting.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• A current student in Museum Studies or Library Science is preferred.
To apply for this position, send your cover letter, resume, and three references to Louise Weinberg and Sophia Marisa Lucas at lweinberg@queensmuseum.org and slucas@queensmuseum.org
