This involves reviewing National Register listings for potential properties for inclusion in the itinerary, contacting information sources for a selected group of these properties, compiling color photographs and writing summary paragraphs for featured properties, and organization of resulting material for Web publication. Assists with data manipulation, aggregation, and analysis of 12 million electronic records in NPS collection database, including digital imaging. Also assists with the inventory and management of the Washington office art collection. Familiarity with or desire to learn museum collection management software desired. May assist in testing and implementation of various museum-related servicewide automated systems.
Project involves converting existing paper museum records to electronic format.
Paper records being converted date to the beginning of the National Park Service. As time permits, prints and archives catalog records submitted by parks to the National Catalog and performs collections management duties, such as processing loans and conducting inventories, for the NPS Clearinghouse. The internship involves research, documentation, site visits, field work and data entry. History, art history, or museum studies background preferred, although this would also be interesting work for students of historic furnishings. Requires computer literacy and careful handling of museum objects in workspaces that range from the furnished mansion to modern museum storage to dirty barn.