RISD Museum Part-Time Summer Internship Program
The RISD Museum’s Mellon summer internship program introduces students to museum work and offers in-depth experience working in a specific department of the RISD Museum. Interns contribute to departmental projects with Museum staff as supervisors. Please got to https://risdmuseum.org/part-
Registration Internship: Collections Management
The Registration intern will learn about the care and management of the museum’s permanent collection and loans. The intern will assist with the rehousing of objects from the Decorative Art and Asian Art collections, catalog historic coins, assist with documentation of incoming acquisitions and loans for an upcoming contemporary ceramics exhibition, and help execute storage inventories in conjunction with curatorial departments. The intern will become familiar with the roles museum registrars and collections staff play and will gain knowledge of basic museum collections management practices, information systems, collections care, and an introduction to art handling skills. A successful candidate will possess attention to detail and computer fluency.
