Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00545
The Museum and Archives Cataloging, Access and Preservation opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00545) is a National Park Service cooperative agreement designed to support hands-on museum and archives work while creating structured service and career-building opportunities for students and entry-level emerging professionals. The core purpose is workforce development: placing interns, volunteers, or resource assistants alongside experienced NPS museum staff so they can gain practical experience with real-world, often complicated, museum and archival preservation challenges. In addition to building technical skills, the program is framed as a way for young adults to explore long-term career paths in public history, archives, museum collections, and broader natural and cultural resource management within the National Park Service.
The work is centered on collections managed by the Zion Museum, which also oversees museum and archival materials associated with Cedar Breaks National Monument and Bryce Canyon National Park. Because collections stewardship can span multiple park units, the project is structured to improve protection, preservation, and public accessibility across these linked sites. Intern experiences are intended to be tailored: while everyone will work within museum and archives preservation and management, specific assignments and developmental opportunities can vary based on individual interests, skills, and operational needs identified by NPS and the Great Basin Institute.
Project activities focus heavily on processing, cataloging, and making archival holdings more usable for both staff and the public. Key tasks include conducting a park-wide archives survey at Bryce Canyon National Park, arranging and describing archival records, and rehousing an estimated 90 linear feet of archival material to improve long-term preservation. Participants are also expected to research and accession more than 50 collections, which supports legal and administrative control of materials and ensures they are properly documented within NPS systems. Another major outcome is improved access: interns will help develop an online exhibit, and they will prepare and post final finding aids to NPS web platforms, including nps.gov and the NPS Gallery site at https://npgallery.nps.gov/zion/, so researchers and the public can discover and understand what is in the collections.
In addition to paper-based archives, the project includes audiovisual preservation steps. Interns will inventory and ship audio and visual materials for migration, which typically means preparing legacy formats for digitization or transfer to more stable, accessible formats. Participants will also gain experience using the Interior Collection Management System (ICMS), the NPS cataloging database, and will learn to store and manage collections in ways that meet NPS museum standards. Routine collections care is also part of the work: monthly tasks such as Integrated Pest Management, housekeeping, and environmental monitoring are included to reinforce that preservation is ongoing and depends on consistent preventive care, not only one-time processing projects.
The opportunity also allows for broader museum-program support depending on needs and timing. Interns may assist the Zion Museum Curator with programs like the Artist-in-Residence initiative and the annual Plein Air Art Invitational, connecting collections stewardship to interpretation and public engagement. Additional potential duties mentioned include accessioning support, updating or creating loan documentation, supporting incoming research permits, responding to research requests, conducting annual inventories, helping with digitization efforts, and providing general assistance to museum operations as new priorities arise.
From an administrative standpoint, this was a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, using a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument and listed under the Natural Resources activity category (CFDA 15.931). Eligibility was limited to nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). The opportunity was posted on August 17, 2018, with an original closing date of August 26, 2018. Funding was expected to support a single award, with an award ceiling of $52,127.Apply for P18AS00545
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Museum and Archives Cataloging, Access and Preservation" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 17, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 26, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $52,127.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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