The Stained Glass Museum, Ely

The Stained Glass Museum, located in Ely Cathedral, holds a nationally significant collection of stained glass and related artworks, tools and materials, from the medieval to contemporary period.

The Stained Glass Museum also has a specialist library. The museum's vision is to be the national centre for enjoying and understanding stained glass through storytelling, creativity and research. Each year around 25,000 people from all over the world visit the museum gallery.

This MA Student Internship will give the student an opportunity to work with a recently acquired collection of 20th-century stained glass cartoons (1:1 scale preparatory drawings for windows). It will provide first-hand experience in collections handling, documentation and cataloguing to spectrum 5.1 standards, as well as collections care, packing and storage. Working with the support and advice of our small collections team, opportunities will be made for the student to also carry out some research into an aspect of the collection that interests them.

The student will gain:

• Hands on experience with a museum collection
• Cataloguing and documentation experience
• The chance to work with a nationally designated collection
• Object-led research opportunities.

Access – The Stained Glass Museum is located on an upper level of Ely Cathedral, accessed by a flight of steps.

The studentship will take place for two consecutive weeks in June/July 2027. Travel to and from Ely at the beginning and end of the studentship and accommodation will be provided, organised and booked by the Department of History of Art.

Students are welcome to apply for multiple studentship opportunities, on the understanding that they are unlikely to be appointed to more than one placement.

The Stained Glass Museum, Ely. By Sumit Surai (edited), CC BY-SA 4.0.