Internship at National Park Service

Internship for 3rd/4th year graduate students in objects
    conservation
Collections Conservation Branch
National Park Service
Lowell MA

The Collections Conservation Branch of the Historic Architecture,
Conservation, and Engineering Center (HACE) located in Lowell, MA is
pleased to offer a full-time internship in objects conservation for
the academic year 2015/16.  Beginning and end dates are flexible.

The internship is designed for students currently enrolled in
graduate level conservation programs.  The CCB is responsible for
the conservation and preservation of collections in the Nation's
national parks and historic homes in the Northeast Region from Maine
to Virginia.

The intern would work closely with CCB conservators receiving
hands-on conservation training and gaining experience with a wide
variety of materials.  Some of the planned 2015/16 projects include:
treatment and research of large wooden archaeological hoisting
apparatus once used to build the bunker Hill Monument, cleaning and
stabilization of large Tonagan Tapa cloth from Rockefeller Mansion
at Marshbillings NHS, treatment of phonographs from Thomas Edison
National Historic Site (NHS), cleaning and re-waxing of Minute Man
bronze sculpture at Minute Man National Historic Park (NHP),
stabilization and cleaning of large scale plaster reliefs from Weir
Farm National Historic Site (NHS), treatment of civil war composite
objects from Richmond National Battlefield (NHB) and a Collection
Condition Survey at Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (NHS).

Internship benefits include:

    Living Allowance: $260/wk
    Housing stipend: $1000/mo
    Travel Grant: $650
    AmeriCorps Education Award: $2,822
    Health Insurance: Provided free of cost to intern

Application Process: This internship position is supported through a
partnership between the National Parks Service (NPS) and Student
Conservation Association (SCA).  Consequently, applicants will be
required to complete an SCA Conservation Internship application.

To obtain an application, please send an email to

    Kerri Weeks
    Conservation Program Coordinator
    Northeast Student Conservation Association (SCA)
    kweeks<-at->thesca<.>org

letting her know that you are interested in applying for the
Collections Conservation Internship with the NPS in Lowell, MA and
referencing internship position PO-00651275 (9/1/14-2/29/16) in your
email.


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