Geological Conservation Internship

Deadline: 
Sunday, January 31, 2016 - 00:00
Employer: 
National Museums Scotland (Icon Internship)
Contract Type: 
Full Time
Contract Duration: 
15 Months
Salary: 
Stipend: £20,000

The Geological Conservation Internship is hosted/funded by The Clothworkers' Foundation. National Museums Scotland is one of the UK’s leading museums services with one of the largest multidisciplinary collections in the UK.

Specific training and work-based activities include:

Conservation Principles
Introduction to the collections that will form the basis for the internship
Cleaning techniques in Collections and Collection Handling
Storage Principles - rehousing collections and unwrapping specimens
Documentation
Presenting - the candidate will be encouraged to present their work at a conference