Anthropology Alliance Collections Internship

Anthropology Alliance Collections Internship

The Field Museum is pleased to announce the 2026 Latin American Curatorial Team

Collections Internship. This internship aims at providing the intern with an educational

experience. While their work will benefit the Museum, the internship is designed primarily to

benefit the intern. This internship will be dedicated to working with the Museums outstanding archaeological collections from Central and South America. Start and end dates are negotiable, but the internships must take place within the period May 6 to Sept 30.

The internship with Collections will be awarded to an advanced undergraduate or beginning

graduate student to work under the supervision of Chris Philipp (Collection Manager) and Julia Kennedy (Assistant Collections Manager). The primary component of this internship will be devoted to working with the inventory, photography, and documentation of material collected by J. Alden Mason on the Captain Marshall Field Expedition to Colombia between 1922 and 1923. Some work will also be carried out on material collected by Donald Collier in the Casma Valley of Perú in 1956.

This intern will physically number artifacts from these collections, photograph items and upload images to the Museums Ke-EMu database. This intern may assist in selected visits to the Anthropology storage rooms in the form of tours and research visits, make housing for collection items, scan and transcribe collections archival records and may present their work at a public event.

Qualifications

This internship will be awarded to an individual currently studying anthropology, art history,

museum studies, or a related field who has proven verbal and written communication skills,

demonstrated knowledge of anthropology as a discipline, the ability to work effectively as a

member of a team on a variety of tasks, and who demonstrates familiarity and has experience and interest with photography and processing digital information.

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should submit the following documents in their online application:

* A cover letter explaining what you would bring to the project, and how your previous experience makes you a good candidate for the internship. Please indicate your availability within the time frame of the internship.

* Resume

* Transcript (unofficial transcripts are fine)

* One letter of recommendation

Salary of $17.75 per hour for undergraduate students; $18.50 for recent graduates (6 months maximum) or graduate students; 35 hours per week for 12 weeks.

A desired start date of May 4th. However, the start and end dates are negotiable, but the internships must take place within the period May 6 to Sept 30.

Applications must be received by March 1st, 2026.

Applicants selected for interview will be contacted by March 15th, 2026.

Applicants must apply through the Field Museum website. Applications through other websites will not be considered.

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