What are the responsibilities and job description for the Collections Registration Intern position at Peabody Essex Museum Inc?
The Registration Department at the Peabody Essex Museum has an exciting opportunity to join the Collections Registration team as an intern. Collections Registrars oversee a wide range of activities surrounding the museum's collections including incoming acquisitions, collection information and digital asset management, outgoing loans from the collection, fine arts insurance, rights and reproductions, and other initiatives that support the care and management of the museum's collections.
The Collections Registration Intern will have a unique opportunity to learn about and gain experience working directly with the museum's diverse collections. This includes the processing of accessioned artwork; learning about collection documentation standards and working directly in the collection management database (MuseumPlus) and the digital asset management system (Piction); participating in collection inventories; and learning best practices in art handling.