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Current Internship Opportunities
Alabama Alaska
National Park Service Regional Office-National Register Intern (posted 1.30.12; 3.2.12)
National Park Service Regional Office-National Register Intern (posted 1.30.12; 3.2.12)
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Napa Valley Museum- multiple internships
Arkansas
California
Napa Valley Museum- multiple internships
Colorad0
Byers-Evans House Museum- Collections and Museum Management Intern (posted 5.3.12;closes 5.18.12)
Byers-Evans House Museum- Collections and Museum Management Intern (posted 5.3.12;closes 5.18.12)
Connecticut
Mystic Seaport:Summer Intern Position
Delaware
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Chicago History Museum – Various Opportunities
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Strathmore-Various opportunities
City of Fredrick- Historic Preservation Intern (posted 3.29.12;closes 5.15.12)
The Reginal F. Lewis Museum – Various Opportunities
Massachusetts
Plimoth Plantation – Various Opportunities
Michigan
Michigan Military Technical and Historical Society Museum- multiple opportunities (opening 11.1.11)
Michigan Historical Museum – Various Opportunities
Michigan State University Museum – Various Opportunities
The Henry Ford – Various Opportunities
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Weeksville Heritage Center-Historic Preservation (posted 1.13.12)
Lower East Side Tenement Museum – Various Opportunities
North Carolina
North Dakota
New York
Weeksville Heritage Center-Historic Preservation (posted 1.13.12)
Lower East Side Tenement Museum – Various Opportunities
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Various Opportunities
Oklahoma
Harn Homestead – Various Opportunities
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Historical Society of Pennsylvania- multiple; Education, Archival, Conservation, Digital Collections Internships
Rhode Island
Newport Restoration Foundation-Paid Summer Internship for graduate students in Museum Studies, Public History and Historic Preservation
Newport Restoration Foundation-Paid Summer Internship for graduate students in Museum Studies, Public History and Historic Preservation
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
VermontVirginia
Washington
Washington State Historical Societies – Various Opportunities
Washington, DC
National Postal Museum-Various Opportunities
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – Various Opportunities
National Museum of American History – Various Opportunities
National Postal Museum-Various Opportunities
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – Various Opportunities
National Museum of American History – Various Opportunities
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Greece and Italy
San Gemini Preservation Studies-Field School
Past Internship Opportunities
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT
Dallas Heritage Village, Dallas, TX
Mt. Hood Cultural Center and Museum, Government Camp, OR
The Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
Martha’s Vineyard Museum, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Old York Historical Society, York, ME
Institute for Learning Innovation, Edgewater, MD
New York City Police Museum, New York, NY
Anasazi State Park Museum, Boulder, UT
The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX
Naval Historical Center, Washington, DC
Homestead Prairie Farm, Decatur, IL