The Greensboro Historical Museum
The museum offers several internships for Spring 2010. The Museum, located in downtown Greensboro, includes collections running from decorative arts to toys and textiles. The archives contain family papers, newspapers, photographs among other items.
1. Collections Research Internship
This intern will assist in collecting and organizing local veterans’ stories, stories for a computer database featured in the upcoming exhibition Voices of a City: Greensboro North Carolina.
2. Collections Photography Internship
This intern will assist with photographing objects in the museum’s military history collection, photographs for use in an upcoming exhibition Voices of a City: Greensboro North Carolina.
3. David Caldwell Historic Park Collections Internship
This intern will assist with processing the clothing, books, ceramics and more Stoesen American Revolution 1976 Bicentennial Collection, which includes clothing, books, ceramics and commemorative objects.
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Contact person for internships is Linda Evans – Linda.Evans@greensboro-nc.gov
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum (Sedalia, NC – 15 minutes away)
The director would welcome interns who are interesting in pursuing careers in museum, tourism, research, or restoration. The site staff work with you and your advisor on a suitable project, which might include helping with archival projects, artifact care, oral history, marketing and public relations, and maintenance of the site (as more buildings are restored). You can learn more about the historic site and museum at www.nchistoricsites.org/chb.
Those interested in internships should contact Marian Inabinett at 336.449.4846 or marian.inabinett@ncdcr.gov
Orange County Historical Museum (Hillsborough)
Their projects vary, but they try to suit the interests of the student. Some projects include collection inventory, archive inventory, school program creation and implementation, research for creating a pamphlet on Historical African American Figures in Orange County or research for a temporary exhibit.
More information on the museum is available at www.orangeNChistory.org
Contact person for internships is executive director Darcie Beecroft Martin, (919) 732-2201
or director@orangenchistory.org
Reynolda House Museum of American Art (Winston-Salem)
Description and applications of internships can be found at the Reynolda House website at
http://www.reynoldahouse.org/learn/internships/internships.php
For more information or to apply, contact Kathleen Hutton, Curator of Education by e-mail or phone (336) 758-5394.
For students who can do internships over the summer or Winter Term in areas other than piedmont North Carolina, there are many other internship possibilities, including state historic sites or National Park Service historic sites. There are many government, library, research and other opportunities in the Washington, D.C. area through the Washington Center program (contact Pam Brumbaugh in Career Services). If you have an idea you would like to pursue, talk with your advisor and Career Services to learn what you do to get academic credit for an internship.
Alamance Battleground
Site of a battle related to an uprising of “Regulators” in 1771. The site also has a log cabin dating from 1780, which helps illustrate life on the colonial frontier. Potential interns here have the opportunity to learn about the operations of a North Carolina state historic site, interpretation, historical preservation, site development, artifact acquisition and care, research practices, and marketing strategies.
More information can be found at http://www.nchistoricsites.org/alamance/alamanc.htm
Contact Bryan Dalton at bryan.dalton@ncdcr.gov
