Internship Projects
Internships are offered in the spring, summer, and fall terms to undergraduates or graduate students who have not yet completed their degrees, or who have graduated within the past six months. Summer internships are accompanied by a $6,500 stipend, based on a full-time, ten-week schedule. Pro-rated stipends may be available for part-time internships, which are available during the academic year and, in some cases, during the summer.
Questions about internships may be directed to Marisa Bourgoin at bourgoinm@si.edu.
Internship applicants will be asked to indicate their top three choices from the projects below; please note that some projects are only available to graduate students. All projects are accompanied by a $6,500 stipend, based on a full-time, ten-week schedule. Pro-rated stipends may be available for part-time internships, which are available during the academic year and, in some cases, during the summer.
Archival Collections Processing (Graduate)
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A professional and focused experience in archival work structured around processing and preservation of archival collections, cataloging and archival descriptive practices and standards including EAD (Encoded Archival Description). Graduate interns work under the supervision and guidance of senior archivists in Collections Processing.
Archives of American Art Journal (Advanced undergraduate or Graduate)
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Supports the work of the Archives' managing editor. Projects include fact-checking and proofreading articles, conducting image research, and producing social media content for the Archives' peer-reviewed scholarly Archives of American Art Journal (https://www.aaa.si.edu/publications/journal).
Audiovisual Archives (Graduate)
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A professional and focused experience in collection management and processing tasks associated with archival sound and moving image materials found throughout the Archives’ collections. Tasks may include digital reference copy production, surveying audiovisual media in new accessions, improving housing and storage, metadata maintenance and improvement, and arrangement and description of AV-rich archival collections. Interns may be trained in media inspection, handling, using obsolete playback equipment, and archival arrangement and description, and software systems such as ArchivesSpace, audio and video digitization software, collection information systems used at AAA and SI, and standalone media survey and assessment tools. Applicants with a demonstrated interest in working with archival audiovisual media will be given preference. See full posting for details.
Digital Initiatives
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For this part-time internship in digital collections and metadata projects, you will support initiatives to improve the discoverability of digitized items at the Archives. This internship provides opportunities to work with reparative description and item cataloguing, and may be offered remotely or at our Washington, DC research center. See full posting for details.
Curatorial (Graduate)
Development/External Affairs
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The Office of Advancement is responsible for raising private support for the Archives through individual giving, foundation gifts and grants, special events, and more. Interns will assist with a variety of projects, including but not limited to: database management, fundraising communications, prospect identification and research, and special events.
This internship will provide an excellent opportunity to gain experience in a fast-paced work environment at a prestigious institution and will prepare the intern for a career in the arts, museums, or nonprofits. The intern should be detail-oriented, have an interest in research and possess strong writing and critical thinking skills. Interns must be able to communicate in a professional, effective manner with various stakeholders. An interest in history and the visual arts is preferred.
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In this Oral History Management internship, you will be immersed in what goes into the management of a longstanding and ongoing oral history program. This internship is offered in the Archives’ Washington, DC office could be offered remotely. See full posting for details.
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