Egyptian Archival Scanning Undergraduate Intern Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Listed on 2026-07-18
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Summary
The Department of Art of Ancient Egypt, Nubia, and the Near East at the Museum of Fine Arts is one of the largest and most encyclopedic collections of its kind in the world, containing approximately 70,000 objects.
The department is seeking an intern to work under the direction of the Egyptian department’s curatorial staff to assist with scanning archival expedition records, data entry, and maintaining a database of scanned images. This internship presents an opportunity for an intern to learn about early archaeological practice and recording methods, focusing on the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition. The intern will gain experience with modern systems of access and preservation of archaeological records, with the objective of documenting this expedition’s archival material for preservation and research purposes.
As the Archival Scanning intern will be working closely with fragile archival materials with staff, this position is fully onsite.
Ideal candidates must be able to commit to work onsite 14 hours weekly, mostly between 9am-5pm Monday-Friday between Sept 11 – Dec 11, including the Museum Pathways & Practices professional development course from 12:30-2:30pm on the following Fridays:
Sept 18, Sept 25, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 16, Oct 23, Oct 30, Nov 6, Nov 13, Nov 20, and Dec 4. Additionally, interns must attend orientation on Fri, Sept 11, (10am-3:30pm)
Compensation: $16.80/hour + $90/month transportation subsidy
Term: September 11–December 11, 2026
Schedule: 14 hours per week
Eligibility
Qualifications:
- Familiarity with Photoshop and Excel.
- Familiarity with handling fragile documents.
- Ability to read cursive.
- Demonstrated careful attention to detail.
- Enrolled in an undergraduate program concurrent with the internship period in a relevant field of study (e.g., Art History, Classics, History, Archaeology, etc.).
- Training or experience in archaeology (preferably of Egypt) or historical archives.
- Ability to work onsite 14 hours per week, within Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm parameters, between Sept 11 – Dec 11, including the Museum Pathways & Practices professional development course from 12:30-2:30pm on the following Fridays:
Sept 18, Sept 25, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 16, Oct 23, Oct 30, Nov 6, Nov 13, Nov 20, and Dec 4. - Ability to attend orientation on Fri, Sept 11, 2026, 10am to 3:30pm.
Founded in 1870, the Museum of Fine Arts houses and preserves preeminent collections and aspires to serve a wide variety of people through direct encounters with works of art.
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