The Virginia Quilt Museum, Summer 2017 internship
The Virginia Quilt Museum was able to purchase a large collection of sewing machines this fall. Accession files need to be set up, images and research on each machine. This will create a body of knowledge for exhibition as well as research. Housed in the historic Warren-Sipe House in downtown Harrisonburg, The Virginia Quilt Museum has over three hundred quilts in their permanent collection. Founded in 1995, it is the Official Quilt museum of the Commonwealth of Virginia, charged with the mission of “celebrating and nurturing Virginia’s quilting heritage”. The Museum welcomes applications for interns interested in pursuing a career in a variety of fields, including History and Public History. The selected interns will experience first-hand a wide range of professional activities that take place in a small but far reaching, state-wide art and history museum. To apply, contact Gloria Craft Comstock, Curator/Registrar,Virginia Quilt Museum, 540-433-3818, email: curator@vaquiltmuseum.org