With the rising awareness of the critical role played by museums and other organisations in prevention, preventative conservation is becoming a specialisation on its own. This internship will give you hands-on practical experience managing a freezer program, integrated pest management, environmental monitoring and preventive care in storage and display.

This internship will be supervised by Victoria Pearce and Andrew Pearce to best cover the full range of materials found on display in institutions and private collections. 

Textile conservation is a very specialised area that requires in-depth knowledge in at least several areas of fibre art or manufacture, from sewing, weaving, costuming, knitting to lacemaking etc.

We offer the opportunity for interns to learn more about the specifics regarding textiles conservation so historical mistakes in restoration do not creep back into the lexicon of conservation as if valid. Your internship will cover some cleaning, packing, storing, and preventative conservation. The completion of science and lab safety units are expected.

This position will be supervised by Victoria Pearce.

We are offering our indigenous internship placement for 2023 Sem 1 and Sem 2. If the student can approach us about their interests as well as their hopes and expectations for the placement, we will then coordinate with their course convenor to ensure that we all meet the necessary requirements and final assessment obligations.

As Cultural Heritage Conservators, we are very concerned that within the industry, there is still a dominance of European voices and not enough indigenous voices in the discussion about when, how, and by whom should indigenous art be conserved.  This internship welcomes indigenous people from across Australia, Torres Strait Islanders, the Pacific, and Māori communities. Diversity and inclusion are highly valued in our team. 

Our archaeology department is actively involved in fieldwork, Whether you have an interest in fieldwork or analytical work, doing a placement with us will help develop your skills for handling, storing, documenting as well as teach you how to prepare samples for storage and display safely, without losing valuable research data.

You will be working under our Senior Objects Conservator.  Students embarking on a research thesis are encouraged to contact us for some practical experience.