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 🔗Museum Textile Conservation Intern – 800 hours

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Sitka, AK
  • $18.50 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Sitka National Historical Park
  • Job Reference #: 4090
  • Job Summary: Provide professional conservation care to historic Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Vestments
  • Job Qualifications:

    Recent graduate, or graduate student, working toward a degree in textile conservation preferred. Experience handling museum collections appropriately.

  • How to Apply:

    Click on the application button at this listing and follow the instructions to apply online

  • Job benefits: Paid time off (PTO), relocation assistance, living allowance, free park housing
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: Must be able to lift 40 lbs.
  • Application Email: waso_cr-intern@nps.gov

Website National Park Service/NCPE Internship Program

Located at Sitka, Alaska, Sitka National Historical Park preserves the historic lands, properties, a battlefield, and resources related to the history of Russian-America and a historic totem park.

Two interns working a total of 800 hours are sought to perform fabric/material conservation of Russian Orthodox ecclesiastical vestments and frontals (c. 1860-1950).  Work will include conducting condition assessments, light cleaning, stabilization, rehousing, and documentation for approximately 125 unique textiles.  Work will be performed under the direction of park cultural resource staff and conservation professionals.

Textiles may be rare silk with metallic gold and silver thread embroidery. Conservation techniques for both fabrics and metallic textiles will be required. Rare or one-of-a-kind pieces are likely within the collection.   This collection was acquired by Sitka National Historical Park as part of a master agreement with the Orthodox Church of America.

Sitka National Historical Park’s 1972 enabling legislation directed that the park preserve in public ownership for the benefit and inspiration of present and future generations by acquiring the “Russian Mission”, an area that illustrates a part of the early history of the United States by commemorating czarist Russia’s exploration and colonization of Alaska.

Work is expected to begin no sooner than October 1, 2024.

This position is part of the Internship Program administered by the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE). The program is a partnership between the National Park Service and NCPE. The successful applicant(s) must be 30 years of age or younger (or 35 years or younger if a Veteran) when beginning the internship. Other eligibility requirements apply; visit https://preservenet.org/ncpe-internships/ for details and instructions on how to apply.

Qualified NCPE interns who complete their internships may count their position towards earning a Public Land Corps (PLC) Non-Competitive Hiring Authority certificate.  Once earned, the PLC hiring authority certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal temporary, term, or permanent positions. Visit the website listed above for details about this benefit. Successful completion of the internship does not guarantee Federal employment.