Thursday, May 3, 2012
Internship - Louisville Slugger
This is a paid internship. This is a semester long internship beginning in August and continuing through December, providing great experience for the student.
Intern applications are submitted online at: https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=1387771
Curatorial Intern
Position Purpose and Objectives
Working under the supervision of the Exhibitions Director/Curator, the Museum Curatorial Intern will work primarily with the collections housed at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory (LSM&F).
Essential Functions
The primary project that the Curatorial Intern will be responsible for will be in assisting the Exhibitions Director/Curator in enhancing and improving the organizational system for the in-house collections at LSM&F. It is expected that by the end of the internship a more complete system will be in place to allow for a smoother transition of objects and images entering into the collection.
Daily tasks include:
Collections
-Assist with the accessioning of objects into PastPerfect collections database
-Centralize photographs into one complete and organized collection
-Tagging of accessioned objects
-Assist with the organization of the collection in existing storage areas.
Exhibitions
-Assist with gallery preparation for the upcoming temporary exhibitions
-Condition reporting
Other
Perform other job related duties and responsibilities as may be assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required
-Ideal candidate will have a Public History, Archival Management, Museum Studies, or Historic Preservation major or work towards a Master’s degree in Library Science.
-Available to work 12-20 hours per week
-Must have dependable transportation