Fall Digital Archives Internship at the Button Museum
www.buttonmuseum.org
Title: Museum Digital Archives Internship
Scope of position:
The Button Museum is looking for students to work with us this summer to
develop and expand our Digital Archive. Students will gain unique and
specialized experience researching, describing, digitizing and cataloging our
growing collection of historic buttons.
About the Button Museum:
Joel and Christen Carter, co-curators of the Button Museum and avid collectors
of historically significant buttons, founded the museum in 2010. The mission
of the Button Museum is to show how people commemorate noteworthy times in
their lives by creating and collecting wearable mementos. The Button Museum
houses over 10,000 buttons that range from an original 1864 Abraham Lincoln
campaign pre-button to buttons produced this year. The Button Museum is an
institutional member of both the American Alliance of Museums and Illinois
Association of Museums and is housed in the Busy Beaver Button Co.'s
facilities.
Major responsibilities:
*Perform historical research
*Digitize, describe and catalog buttons
*Input data and research into museum database
Minimum qualifications:
*Strong research and writing skills
*Strong organizational skills
Preferred qualifications:
*Pursuing a degree in Library Science, Archives, Public History or a related field
*Experience working with Photoshop and Drupal Content Management System
*Experience cataloging museum objects
Hours required: 5-20 hours a week. Research can be done remotely.
Company name/address:
The Button Museum
3279 W. Armitage Avenue
Chicago IL
www.buttonmuseum.org
To apply for the position please email your resume and cover letter to:
buttonmuseuminternship(at)gmail.com
The Button Museum is an EOE/M/F/D/V
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