American Jazz Museum

The American Jazz Museum will recruit ten undergraduate and graduate college students over a two-year period to launch a pilot internship program to catalog the John Baker Film Collection�"one of the largest collections of jazz film in existence. Under the guidance of staff and expert consultants, interns will be introduced to museum work while learning best practices of film research and categorizing and gaining skills in the technical work of inspecting and cataloging these rare resources. The students will also research content and write detailed descriptions of films in the collection for use in the museum's permanent exhibitions, Web site, educational programming, and the development of a film collection box set intended to generate revenue to sustain the program in the future. Museum staff will carefully select interns with specific qualifications based on prior coursework and technical skills.