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 🔗Museum Collections Intern – 1200 hours

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Omaha, NE
  • 18.50 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: NPS Midwest Regional Office - Museum Management Program
  • Job Reference #: 4133
  • Job Qualifications:

    Working toward or have a degree in museum studies or archives management preferred. Successful candidate will be familiar with basic principles of museum documentation, preservation, protection, and accountability. Organizational skills, attention to detail, time management, and ability to work independently are crucial. Collections management database experience and experience with Adobe and other editorial software and Microsoft Excel are helpful.

  • How to Apply:

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

  • Job benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO), Housing Allowance
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: Must be able to lift 35 lbs. and have a valid driver’s license.
  • Application Email: waso_cr-intern@nps.gov
  • Omaha, NE, USA

National Park Service/NCPE Internship

The National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE)’s Internship Program is a partnership with the National Park Service and other Federal agencies with cultural resource protection and public land management responsibilities. Its purpose is to accomplish needed and important work on federally protected lands while providing program participants with professional experience in their chosen fields. Interns work under the guidance of agency staff to complete projects or undertake programs in furtherance of the park’s mission.

To be eligible, applicants must be between 18 and 30 years old (or 35 if a veteran) when starting the internship, a college student or recent graduate (within the past 12 months at the time of application), enrolled in a degree-seeking program, and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.  

Museum Collections Intern at the National Park Service Midwest Regional Office:  The successful candidate will work with Museum Collections and Archives regional and park staff to meet National Park Service (NPS) curation standards for managing museum and archival collections. Major duties will include assisting regional staff with: conducting 100% inventories at park sites in support of the region’s museum storage strategy and assisting in pack-and-move of museum collections to and from park facilities. Results of the projects will be used to develop collection refinement plans, update catalog data, and contribute to the improvement of museum facilities.

The position may also include drafting and updating museum documentation for parks, including accession files and deaccession packages; regular housekeeping and environmental monitoring tasks; object cataloging; and providing document reviews for park- and region-level planning documents. The successful candidate will be required to learn the new Department of the Interior Museum Collection Management System.

The position is full-time, on-site, located in Omaha, NE. The position includes a housing stipend; securing housing and transportation are the intern’s responsibility.

A background security investigation may be required prior to the start date. All NCPE internships accrue 4 hours of PTO for every 80 hours worked.

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 certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal permanent, temporary, or term positions. Visit https://preservenet.org/ncpe-internships/ for details about this benefit. Successful completion of the internship does not guarantee Federal employment.