Fellowship at Historic New England

2010-2011 Post-graduate Mellon Fellowship in objects and/or
    furniture and/or wallpaper conservation
Historic New England

Historic New England is seeking applications for a 12-month
postgraduate fellowship in conservation beginning in the fall of
2010. Historic New England owns and operates 36 historic properties
and its artifact collections include 110,000 American and European
decorative arts, furniture, and textiles dating from the late-17th
through the 20th century. Projects for the year will focus on
preparation of objects for an exhibition to celebrate Historic New
England's centennial year in 2010.  Treatments will also focus on
objects and interiors at Beauport, The Sleeper-McCann House,
Gloucester, Massachusetts, which recently received a Save America's
Treasures grant, as well as objects from Historic New England's
other 35 properties including hand painted wallpaper at Hamilton
House and the treatment of a large collection of furniture from the
Jewett House.  Implementation of several environmental grants will
also be ongoing.  In addition, the conservation team will be
conducting a conservation survey at the Phillips House, Salem, MA.

Candidates must be graduates of a conservation training program or
have equivalent experience and be legally entitled to work in the
United States. The stipend for the fellowship is $25,000 a year plus
benefits. Additional funds for travel and research may be available.
The fellowship is based at Historic New England's conservation
laboratory located in the Collections and Conservation Center in
Haverhill, MA, approximately 45 minutes north of Boston.  Please
send a curriculum vitae and letter of interest by March 29, 2010 to:

John D. Childs
Conservator
Historic New England
Collections and Conservation Center
151 Essex Street
Haverhill, MA  01832

Direct inquiries related to this fellowship to John Childs at
617-994-6634.


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