The Boston Furniture Archive, a project of the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, seeks interns for its third annual summer field cataloging project, scheduled for June 1-August 23, 2016. Up to four interns will receive training and work as a team to document furniture at a number of museums and heritage sites in the Boston area. The internship is an exciting opportunity to build knowledge of material culture and decorative arts, museum and non-profit collections management, and database creation.
The Boston Furniture Archive is free, online database that provides catalog information and photographs of furniture produced in Boston between 1630 and 1930. Visit https://bostonfurniture.winterthur.org/ to access the database and learn more about the project.
Interns will receive a stipend of $5,000 plus $1,000 for travel over the twelve weeks. Housing is not provided.
Please visit https://www.winterthur.org/pdfs/boston_furniture_internship.pdf for more information and application instructions. Applications are due February 1, 2016.