Summary

Join the Phillips Library, PEM’s research library, as digital projects intern for Summer 2026! Our digitization program exponentially increases free, worldwide access to our collections and demonstrates that the library is a vital and engaged part of the museum and its communities. The project will include digitization for our online collections portal, including the imaging and post-processing of collections. The incumbent will conduct research into the copyright of our collections and create metadata using local rules. The incumbent may also inventory glass plate negatives and prepare materials for digitization to be completed by our external partners.

Key Details

• Schedule: 10 weeks (18 hours onsite per week)
• Dates: June 11 – August 24, 2026
• Orientation: Thursday, June 11, 2026, from 10 AM to 4 PM

Deadline: March 15, 2026

Eligibility

• Interest in library services or a related field.
• Competence with Microsoft Office and Google suites.
• Attention to detail.
• Organizational and interpersonal skills.

Compensation

$2,000 stipend

About

The roots of the Peabody Essex Museum date to the 1799 founding of the East India Marine Society, an organization of Salem ship captains and supercargoes. True to the spirit of its past, PEM is dedicated to creating a museum experience that celebrates art and the world in which it was made. By presenting art and culture in new ways, by linking past and present and by embracing artistic and cultural achievements worldwide, the museum offers unique opportunities to explore a multilayered and interconnected world of creative expression. It has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating and collecting museum in the United States.

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