Museum Association of New York: Curatorial Assistant & Digitization Internship 2021

Full-time, seasonal, 40 hrs. per week; starting June 7; $11.80hr; Housing Provided

Located in the 1000 Islands on the St. Lawrence River, the Antique Boat Museum is the premier freshwater boating museum in North America. The ABM’s collections hold over 320 unique boats and thousands of related artifacts and archives. Our 4.5 acre campus comes alive with speed boat rides, a working skiff livery and educational programs. ABM hosts many special events including the longest running annual boat show and so much more.

This position provides administrative relief and assistance to the Curator’s every day responsibilities. The intern will gain practical, hands-on experience with archival materials and artifacts while learning some of the opportunities and challenges that arise in a professional museum setting.

This internship will also assist in research requests submitted to the Museum and help with processing and cataloguing donations and the associated paperwork and would be ideal for a student pursuing an undergraduate or master’s degree in library/information science, or museum studies who has an interest in digitization, cataloging and registrar work.

Application materials due April 16, 2021.

Learn more about the position and application process HERE.