American Folk Art Museum
Contact: Maria Ann Conelli
212 265-1040 ext. 114
Main duties: Archives work.
American Irish Historical Society
Contact: William Hurley
212.288.2263
Email: bhurley@aihs.org
American Jewish Historical Society
Contact: Lyn Slome
Email: lslome@ajhs.cjh.org
Main duties: Archival and research work
American Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Library Services
Contact: Barbara Mathe
212-769-5419
Email: bmathe@amnh.org
American Museum of Natural History Library
212-769-5400
Email: libref@amnh.org
American Museum of Natural History Research Library
Contact: Diana Shih
Email: dshih@amnh.org
American Numismatic Society Library
Contact: Elizabeth Hahn
Email: hahn@numismatics.org
Anchorage Museum of History and Art
Contact: Kathleen Hertel-Baker
907-343-6189
Email: hertelkr@muni.org
Main duties: Archival and museum work
Archives of American Art
Contact: Joy Weiner
212-399-5015
Email: weinerj@si.edu
Babylon Town Historian’s Office
Contact: Mary Cascone, Historical Archivist
Email: mcascone_at_townofbabylon.com
(631)893-2119
Main duties: Archival work
Brooklyn College Archives, Brooklyn College Library
Contact: Anthony Cucchiara
718-951-5581
Email: tonyc@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Main duties: Archival work
Brooklyn Historical Society
Email: library@brooklynhistory.org
Brooklyn Historical Society, Othmer Library, Archive and Manuscript Collection
Oontact: Larry Weimer
718-222-4111
Email: lweimer@brooklynhistory.org
Brooklyn Musuem
Contact: Deirdre Lawrence
Email: Deirdre.Lawrence@brooklynmuseum.org
Main duties: Archival and preservation work.
The Children’s Aid Society
Contact: Truda Jewett
212.949.4847
Email: tjewett@childrensaidsociety.org
Clark Art Institute
Email: HumanResources@clarkart.edu
Clark Project Description
Main duties: Archives
Contact: Human Resources
Coney Island Museum
- Contact: Aaron Beebe
Email: aaron@coneyisland.com
Main Duties: Archival processing activities
- Contact: Internship Coordinator
Email: interns@coneyisland.com
Conjuring Arts Research Center
Contact: Sara Butler Dockery
Email: sdockery@conjuringarts.org
Main duties: Research to aid in the creation of Ask Alexander, an all encompassing magic database. Interns will be responsible for using internet tools to gather materials related to the library’s collection.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Contact: Internship Coordinator, Design Education Resource Library
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128
Main duties: Cataloging work
Frick Art Reference Library
- Contact: Rodica Tanjala Krauss
212-547-0653
Email: krauss@frick.org
- Contact: Lily Pregill
pregill@frick.org
The Granger Collection
Contact: Laura Williams
212-447-1789
Email: lwilliams@granger.com
Main duties: Meta Data
Guggenheim Museum
Contact: Rebecca Clark
212-998-2680
Email: rclark@guggenheim.org
Main duties: Library
Guggenheim Museum Offices
Contact: Rachel Chatal Bush
212-360-4232
Email: rchatalbush@guggenheim.org
Main duties: Library and archives department
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
Contact: Roberta Elliott
212.613.1350
Hicksville Historical Archives, Hicksville Library
Contact: James Janis
516-931-1417 ext. 101
Email: jamesgothmog13@aol.com
The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, CT
Contact: Lucinda Manning
Email: lmanning@hstg.org
Main duties: Archival and collections processing work
Holland Society of New York
Contact: Mary Collins
212-758-1675
Email: hsnylibrary@gmail.com
Main duties: N/A
Website: www.hollandsociety.org/library.html
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
Contact: Marlene Ostroff
516-571-8040
Email: marleneostroff@holocaust-nassau.org
Main duties: Create a complete inventory of all donated Holocaust artifacts, including database creation.
Kansas State Historical Society, Library and Archives Division
Contact: Bob Knecht
785-272-8681, ext. 304
Email: bknecht@kshs.org
Main duties: Archival work
Louis Armstrong House Museum, Armstrong Archives
Contact: Baltsar Beckeld
718-997-3670
Email: baltsar.beckeld@qc.cuny.edu
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Cura Torial
Contact: Derya Golpinar
212-431-0233
Mercantile Library, Center for Fiction
Contact: Brenda Wegener
Email: brenda@centerforfiction.org
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library (and branch libraries)
212-650-2225
Email: watsonlibrary@metmuseum.org
Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum (Thomaston, Maine)
Contact: Ellen Dyer
207-354-0180
Email: archivist@generalknoxmuseum.org
Main duties: Museum operations
The Morgan Library and Museum
Contact: John Bidwell
212-685-0008
Email: jbidwell@themorgan.org
Museum of the City of New York, Collections Access Department
Contact: Lacy Schutz
Email: lschutz@mcny.org
Museum of the City of New York, Collections Management Department
Contact: Sloane Whidden
212-534-1672
Email: swhidden@mcny.org
Main duties: Various aspects of collections management.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Contact: Lorraine A. Stuart
713-639-7733
Email: lstuart@mfah.org
Main duties: Archival work
Museum of Modern Art Library
212-708-9433
Email: library@moma.org
Museum of Moving Images
Contact: Megan Forbes
718-784-4520
Email: mforbes@movingimages.us
Main duties: Collections department
National Museum of American History
Apply here: https://solaa.si.edu/solaa/SOLAAHome.html
Contact: Alison L. Oswald
202.633.3726
Email: oswalda@si.edu
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Email: internships@newmuseum.org
Newark Museum, Coll.’s of American Tibetan, Asian, Decorative, and African art; natural sciences
Contact: Kecia Artis
973-596-6550
Email: internsprogram@newarkmuseum.org
Main duties: General Information Management
New-York Historical Society Library
apply here:New York Historical Society
Contact: Cherie Fischer
212-873-3400
Email: internships@nyhistory.org
Main duties: Archival work, Creating and updating finding aids.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Contact: Barbara Knowles
212 870-1835
Email: bknowles@nypl.org
Main duties: Archival work
Northport Historical Society and Museum
Contact: Rosemary Feeney
631-757-9859
Email: nhsdirector@optonline.net
Main duties: Offers a varied experience in all areas of library, museum, and office work.
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Contact: Thomas Kuehhas, Director
516-922-5032
Email: tk@oysterbayhistory.org
Main duties: Conduct an exhaustive inventory of our archival and photographic collections.
Oyster Bay Historical Society, Library / Archives
Contact: Phillip Blucklyn
516-922-5032
Email: tk@osyterbayhistory.org
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Email: RA-PHMCInterns@state.pa.us
Main duties: Archives, preservation and museum work
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Contact: Jason Aikens
330-456-8207
Main duties: Collections management in the museum’s Archives and Information Center
Queens Historical Society
Contact: Danielle Hilkin
Email: DHilkinQHS@gmail.com
Main duties: Archival work
Queens Museum of Art
Contact: Erin Sickler
Email: erin@queensmuseum.org
Main duties: Curatorial. Object registration and exhibition preparation including exhibition research, collections inventory, data entry and clean up, exhibition installation, deinstallation and processing including object movement and tracking.
Rockefeller Foundation
Contact: Bethany Martin-Breen
Email: bmartin@rockfound.org
Sharlot Hall Museum Library and Archives (Prescott, Arizona)
Contact: Ryan Flahive
928 445-3122 ext.15
Email: ryan@sharlot.org
Main duties: Manuscript cataloging
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library
212-849-8339
Email: libmail@sil.si.edu
Smithsonian Horticulture Services Division
202-633-5840
Main duties: . A number of paid and unpaid internships are offered throughout the year in positions involving the management of two major collections: The
Archives of American Gardens and HSD’s Garden Furnishings and Horticultural Artifact Collection.
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Contact: Alison L. Oswald
(202)633-3726
http://www.si.edu/lemelson/lemelson/internships.html
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Archives (Suitland, Maryland)
Website for application: http://americanindian.si.edu/subpage.cfm?subpage=collaboration&second=internships&third=applications
Main duties: Archives and records processing
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Archives and Records Management Department
Contact: Rachel Chatalbash
Email: archives@guggenheim.org
Main duties: Archives and records management work
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Email: library@guggenheim.org
Mail duties: Opportunities in cataloging, periodicals and historic research
Suffolk County Parks, Historic Services
Contact: Richard Martin
631-854-0987
Town of Brookhaven
Contact: Barbara M. Russell
631-451-8038
Email: brussell@brookhaven.org
Main duties: Historian’s office
Contact: Emily Bibb
Email: emily@weeksvillesociety.org
Westchester County Historical Society
Contact: Elizabeth G. Fuller
914-592-4323
Email: elizabeth@westchesterhistory.com
Whitney Museum of American Art
Address: 945 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10021
Contact: Ivy Blackman
Email: hr@whitney.org, library@whitney.org, ivy_blackman@whitney.org