CWIT Affiliates

Jewish Museum of Maryland 2013 Summer Internships

JMM ARCHIVES INTERN

The
Jewish Museum of Maryland seeks a qualified intern to assist in the
museum archives. The Archives Intern will be responsible for cataloging
archival documents, processing manuscript collections, and assisting
with the triennial archives inventory.  Processing collections involves
organizing archival collections and writing documents that help
researchers locate materials within the collection.  Duties may also
include digitizing parts of archival collections as well as research.

Interested
students should be working toward a degree in history, art history,
material culture, Jewish studies, museum studies, or library science.
Previous museum or library experience is not required. This internship
is full time for ten weeks and includes a modest stipend.

COLLECTIONS INTERN

The
Jewish Museum of Maryland seeks a qualified intern to assist in the
Collections Department to work on general collections management
projects. Tasks include, but are not limited to: cataloging new
donations and loans, collections inventory, object photography, data
entry, digitizing photographic collections, artifact handling, and
indexing and/or transcribing oral histories.

Interested
students should be working toward a degree in museum studies, archival
science, history, art history, material culture, or Jewish studies.
Previous museum experience not required. Attention to detail required.
This internship is full time for ten weeks and includes a modest
stipend.

EDUCATION AND PROGRAM INTERN

Responsibilities
include: leading tours for school and adult groups (training to be
provided); developing special programs for schools and teacher training
workshops; assisting with preparation for public and family programs;
and providing marketing assistance.

Time expectation: 30 hours per week

College undergrad or grad preferred.

Please send resume, cover letter and availability to the following:

EXHIITION RESEARCH INTERN

The Jewish Museum of Maryland seeks a qualified intern to assist in research for upcoming Jews, Health, and Healing exhibition, projected to open at the JMM in spring 2015. Tasks include,
but are not limited to: research in JMM archival holdings, oral history
transcription, assisting in collection of materials from community
members.

Interested
students should be working toward a degree in history, medical history,
museum studies, or curatorial studies. Experience and/or interest in
conducting oral histories a plus, but previous museum or gallery
experience is not required. Internship will run 10 weeks and includes a
modest stipend. This internship can be used for academic credit.

Please
send a cover letter, dates of availability, resume, and list of three
references to Karen Falk Curator, Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd
Street, Baltimore MD 21202 or to kfalk@jewishmuseummd.org. Please include “Exhibition Intern” in your subject line. Applications reviewed as received.

PHOTO ARCHIVE INTERN

The
Jewish Museum of Maryland seeks qualified candidates for an
interdisciplinary internship. Photo archive interns will be responsible
for processing, cataloging and digitizing the JMM photograph collection
as well as assisting with image research for a variety of publications
and exhibitions. 

Interested
students should be working toward a degree in history, art history,
material culture, Jewish studies, museum studies, library science, or
photography. Previous museum or library experience is not required. This
internship is full time for ten weeks and includes a modest stipend.

URBAN ARCHAEOLOGY INTERN

The
Jewish Museum of Maryland seeks a qualified intern to assist in the
Collections Department to work on the Lloyd Street Synagogue and urban
archaeology collection. Tasks include, but are not limited to: artifact
handling, cataloguing archaeology specimens, reconciling object numbers,
assisting in LSS collections inventory, object photography, and data
entry.

Interested
students should be working toward a degree in museum studies,
archaeology, history, art history, material culture, or Jewish studies.
Attention to detail required. Experience with numbering systems is
preferred. Experience with object photography preferred. This internship
is full time for ten weeks and includes a modest stipend.