Posted February 11, 2026
Description Historic New England offers internships all three semesters each year: fall, spring, and summer. The number and type of internships will vary depending on the projects available. Internship Positions Available: Qualifications Below are the requirements to be eligible for an internship at Historic New England. If you do not meet all of the listed criteria,…
Posted February 11, 2026
Description Join the Phillips Library, PEM’s research library, as digital projects intern for Summer 2026! Our digitization program exponentially increases free, worldwide access to our collections and demonstrates that the library is a vital and engaged part of the museum and its communities. Responsibilities The project will include digitization for our online collections portal, including…
Posted February 10, 2026
Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters NHS in Cambridge is currently recruiting for three summer and fall internship positions. These full-time, paid internships are great opportunities for students or recent graduates interested in a career in public history or museums and archives. Interns are compensated $18.50/hour, plus an $875/month housing stipend, professional development stipend, and PTO. Digital Archives…
Posted February 9, 2026
Purpose: A scholarship established in honor of AIA Honorary President Elizabeth Bartman to assist advanced undergraduates, graduate students, or those who have recently completed a master’s degree with the expenses associated with participating in a museum internship either in the United States or abroad. The internship fund is intended to help advanced undergraduates, graduate students, or…
Posted February 6, 2026
Position Overview: The MIT Museum seeks a Collections Assistant to support campus loan initiatives and collections stewardship activities. This position will assist with the relocation, documentation, and general care of the museum’s artifacts. Responsibilities include preparing loan renewals, rehousing objects, and conducting condition assessments. This is a temporary, full-time position (35 hours per week) for…
Posted February 4, 2026
Description The Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center is a nonprofit subsidiary of the Knights of Columbus. It advances the vision and example of Knights of Columbus founder Father Michael McGivney (1852-1890). The Center welcomes visitors to learn about his life and legacy, imitate his generous outreach to the needy and marginalized, and invoke his heavenly…
Posted February 4, 2026
Description The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience is hiring an archivist who will be responsible for the organization, care, and sharing of its growing archival collection, as well as overseeing the daily operation of the museum’s new Chapman Family Research Center. As part of a small, but dedicated museum staff, the person in this…
Posted February 3, 2026
Description The Peabody Essex Museum’s Phillips Library seeks a temporary, project-based Manuscript Processing and Digitization Assistant to aid in the photography of manuscript material from the Phillips Library’s collections. Digitized materials come from the Pingree Family Papers, a substantial archival collection of personal manuscripts and business records donated to the Phillips Library by the descendants…
Posted January 29, 2026
Job Description: The Collections Manager & Registrar is responsible for the professional stewardship, organization, and care of the Hingham Historical Society’s collections, archives, and library. Reporting to the Executive Director, this position works closely with the Board Collections Committee and key volunteers to oversee accession and deaccession decisions, registration, cataloging, documentation, movement, safekeeping, storage, and…
Posted January 6, 2026
The New Bedford Whaling Museum (NBWM) was founded in 1903 as the regional historical society, has a diverse collection of over one million items, 18 galleries spanning 35,000 square feet, and about 100,000 visitors per year. NBWM annually organizes a dynamic and rigorous eight-week summer internship program, open to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students…
