Forest and Conservation Worker jobs in Cumberland, RI

Description

The Preservation Society of Newport County is offering an 8-week summer internship in the Conservation Department. The intern will work under supervision to prepare a group of 19th century painted wooden toys for the 2024 exhibition Wild Imagination. Activities will include condition recording, photo documentation, paint consolidation, surface cleaning, inpainting, and mount-making. The intern will also assist with other department projects and treatments as required.

The Preservation Society’s collection consists of 11 historic museum buildings (seven designated National Historic Landmarks) and 60,000 collections objects dating from antiquity to the mid-20th century. For more information about the Preservation Society of Newport County, please go to www.newportmansions.org.

Work hours will be Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm. Expected start date is June 3rd, 2024. The internship is open to current undergraduates, recent graduates, and those currently enrolled in an art conservation degree program. Applicants should have substantial coursework in art history, design, photography, and/or studio art, and demonstrate interest in a career in conservation or the museum field, although no previous museum work experience is necessary.