Explore Museum Careers with a Paid Internship...The Museum. Robert Frederick Smith Fund. 2. NMAAHC...
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Explore Museum Careers with a Paid Internship
nmaahc.si.edu/RFSInterns
The Museum
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NMAAHC is the 19th and newest museum of the Smithsonian Institution.
Only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It is open to all, where anyone is welcome to participate, collaborate, and learn more about African American history and culture.
Photo by Alan Karchmer for NMAAHC
Program Overview
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Provide guided learning experiences consisting of hands-on training, mentoring, attendance at educational events, and cultivation of contacts for the next generation of researchers, scholars, curators, and other museum, library, preservation, and heritage professionals.
Students from underrepresented groups encouraged to apply.
Photo by Walter Larrimore/NMAAHC
Internship Details
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Multiple Locations! Washington, DC Durham, NC Daytona Beach, FL Pittsburgh, PA Montgomery, AL
Apply for as many positions as you’re interested, but don’t forget to focus
https://nmaahc.si.edu/RFSInterns
Internship Details
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Undergraduate (completed at least one year), graduate, or career-changers
12 weeks long, 35-40 hours/week
$600/week stipend
Need-based $150/week housing and transportation stipend Housing arrangements are the responsibility of the intern Select interest in the application based on need to pay rent
Flexible start and end dates (May – September)
College credit (not required)
Available PositionsSummer 2018
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National Museum of African American
History & Culture
Washington, DC
Senator John Heinz History Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Bethune-CookmanUniversity
Daytona Beach, FL
Historic Stagville
Durham, NC
Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-
American Culture
Montgomery, AL
Digitization Collections Management
Oral History Transcription
Oral History & Digitization
Oral History
Integrated Marketing Media
Oral History Archives
Web Content
Application Requirements
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Due 11:59 p.m. March 15, 2018at NMAAHC Offsite
Personal essay Cover letter (no more than 2 pages)
Resume Resume
Academic transcripts(unofficial accepted)
Academic transcripts (unofficial accepted)
2 letters of recommendation 2 letters of recommendation
Apply through SOLAAhttp://s.si.edu/2mT1IWN
Email materials to [email protected] ONE EMAIL WITH REFERENCES
Application Process1. Submit application by March 15
SOLAA for NMAAHC, Email for Offsite
2. Supervisors review and interview –Ask about schedule, accessibility, expectations
3. Offer letters from NMAAHC Early-mid April
4. NMAAHC – background checks / Offsite - supervisor
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Photo by Benjamin G. Sullivan/NMAAHC
Benefits
Stipends
Formal mentors
Workshops and presentations
Professional memberships
AAAM
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Helpful TipsMission
Follow the instructions!
Clean presentation
Error-free
Choose references wisely & give time
Email questions to [email protected]
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Photo by Amy Muth/NMAAHC
What do interns have to say?
I am now able to setup a professional photography set, shoot the items needed [museum artifacts] with a NikonD800, and digitally preserve the files and derivatives…the James E. Lewis Museum of Art internship was a great working experience.
Sean Winkfield, Summer 2017Morgan State University, Baltimore
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Photos by Walter Larrimore/NMAAHC
What do interns have to say?
My favorite part, by far, was learning how to digitize flat objects, something I had no experience in. I also developed my own skills in editing and researching for various online and print publications for the museum…I would do it all over again if I could!
Meera White, Summer 2017NMAAHC, Washington, DC
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Photo by Benjamin G. Sullivan/NMAAHC
Stay in touch
Summer 2018 not for you?
Sign up for updates and application openings(link is also on nmaahc.si.edu/RFSInterns)
http://bit.ly/2FxiWjN
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Questions?
Anjali LalaniSmith Fund Interns and Fellows Program [email protected]
https://nmaahc.si.edu/RFSInterns
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