Arboretum
Educational Requirements: Student must be enrolled in a vocational school, or a two-year, four-year or
graduate program in horticulture or a related field.
The intern will be exposed to one or more of the following projects:
- Conduct research on old planting maps of ferns, lilacs, or peonies, locating and tagging plants as per the maps and
entering data into computer database
- Assist in the development of the plant database using BG Recorder
- Screen old files for information regarding plant accessions, gifts etc., document the information, and gather useful
data for the management of the living collections
- Propagate rare and unique plants in the new state-of-the-art greenhouse
- Work in the perennial garden to renovate old plants, identify and tag plants, and
relocate plants following the basic design
- Prune shrubs and small trees in the Arboretum, maintaining their natural shapes
- Assist in developing a children's vegetable garden
- Renovate the old rock garden by removing weedy plants and replacing with new plantings
Conservation
Undergraduate Internship
The Conservation Department periodically offers an internship opportunity, as appropriate projects allow, to pre-program interns in preventive conservation. This type of internship is required prior to application to one of the three graduate programs in fine art conservation in the United States.
Graduate Internship
An eight week internship is also offered for post-graduates or graduate students pursuing a degree in Art Conservation or related field. Please contact the Conservation Department directly for application to this program.
Development
The Intern will be exposed to the following:
- Prospect research
- Proposal writing
- Public relations and marketing communications
- Special event coordination
- Annual fund and membership campaign
The Intern's responsibilities will include:
- Prospect research
- Development research through in-house library, internet, and The Foundation Center at The Free Library
- Creating and updating a prospect file
- Assisting in maintaining and updating proposal due date calendar
- Development/Public Relations and Marketing Communication
- Proposal writing and assembling completed proposal packages
- PSA and Press Release writing
- Editing the membership newsletter
- Maintaining and updating the media clippings file
- Special Event Coordination
- Scheduling logistic meetings
- Working with staff and consultants to produce production schedules
- Assisting in negotiating with vendors to get bids
- Assisting in keeping all paper work and files associated with each special project/event
Annual Fund and Membership Campaign
- Inputting mailing names in access database
- Generating donor and member acknowledgment letters
- Assisting in creating member records and files
- Preparing Barnes Society folders
Time Commitment
The intern will be expected to contribute a minimum of twenty hours per week.
S/he will work with the director on a
mutually agreeable schedule.
Education
Educational Requirements: Students must be pursuing a B.A., M.A. or PhD in Museum Studies, Education, Studio Art,
Art History, Horticulture/Botany, or related field.
The intern will be exposed to the following:
- The general administration of the education department
- Responding to visitor inquiries
- Researching and developing curriculum for various audiences
- Recruiting and working with docents
Skills Required:
- Organizational skills
- Research skills
- Knowledge of contemporary issues and practices in education
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Computer skills
Responsibilities Include:
- Catalogue slide collection of approximately two thousand slides
- Coordinate docent training, lectures, and meetings
- Develop lesson plans for K - 12 education programs
- Assist in program planning and execution
Archives & Library
The Barnes Foundation Archives and Library provides general reference information and information about the
history of the Barnes Foundation to staff, students, faculty, and others. The archives identifies, preserves,
organizes, and makes available the historic records of the Foundation. The library contains approximately
5,000 volumes, primarily related to art history and horticulture.
Responsibilities include:
- Organizing historic papers
- Placing papers in protective sleeves
- Photocopying historic documents for reference purposes
- Assisting with reference requests
- Processing books, including covering books and affixing spine labels and barcodes
- Re-shelving books
- Ensuring that books are in proper order in the library
- Assisting with cleaning books
Skills needed:
- Detail-oriented with very good organizational, problem solving and analytical skills
- Long attention span and patience for repetitive tasks
- Ability to work independently and under a minimum of supervision
Educational requirements:
- High school education or above
- Strong interest in libraries and archives
- Experience a plus, but not necessary
Registrar
Educational Requirements: Student must be pursuing B.A. or M.A. in Museum Studies, Art History, or related field.
Skills Required: Detail-oriented with very good organizational, problem-solving
and analytical skills. Experience with collection care and handling a plus.
Responsibilities:
- Assisting with the inventory of the collection at the Barnes Foundation in Merion, and at Ker-Feal in Chester Springs
- Assisting in the handling of fragile artifacts/objects
- Assisting in identifying objects within the collection
Visual Resources
The Visual Resources department periodically offers an internship opportunity for students interested in intellectual property and/or digital resource management.
Educational Requirements: Students must be pursuing a library science degree or other field related to the management of image media and metadata such as art history or computer science.
Skills Required: Strong computer skills, especially image processing and/or relational database experience.
Responsibilities:
- Identifying objects in need of digital photography, assisting with conversion of analog photography to digital format
- Adding images to collection management database
- Researching rights and reproduction policies and trends across cultural institutions
- Assisting with image data and licensing related to publication projects
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