Description
The Conservation Program Internship in book, paper, or photograph conservation is for conservation graduate students or emerging conservators with similar experience and offers a unique combination of five individually compelling elements:
- Tackle conservation problems in a collection of unmatched size, deep in scope and focus
- Work and learn in the largest special collections conservation lab in the U.S., with over 18 book, paper, and photograph conservators, and more than a half dozen additional preservation specialists with wide-ranging expertise
- Take part in the expert consultant workshops the lab organizes (and pays for) in-house
- Collaborate with preservation scientists embedded in a full analytical laboratory
- Participate in high-profile opportunities for public engagement in preservation (put a favorite internship treatment online; volunteer at the National Book Festival; give a lecture for Preservation Week; and more)
The application period for the Library of Congress Advanced Internship in Conservation for September 2025 –August 2026 is open until December 15th.
For a complete description and the application form, visit us here.
