Internships & Careers

Find an Internship or Job

* indicates sites with particular attention to internship opportunities

Listservs: Internships and job opportunities are often posted on these listservs along with general museum information

• Museum-L
• AAMG-L
• Muse-L: Muse-L serves as a forum for networking and discussion among students, faculty, staff, museum professionals, alumni and others. All are welcome to share messages with the list about events, job announcements, grant opportunities, calls for papers, and other topics of interest related to museum work. To subscribe to Muse-L, send an email to listproc@ku.edu with the subject line blank and "subscribe MUSE-L your name" in the body of the message.

Organizations

• American Alliance of Museums
• American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
• Association of Children’s Museums
• Association of Midwest Museums
• Association of Science and Technology Centers
• Association of Zoos and Aquariums
• Canadian Museums Association
• CareerJet
• Civil War Preservation Trust *
• College Art Association
• Global Museum
• Guggenheim *
• Institute of Museum and Library Services *
• International Council on Monuments and Sites *
• US/ICOMOS *
• ​Job Desk: The UK's most extensive free vacancy listing source for museums and galleries. Mainly UK jobs but also includes US jobs. There are also some internship postings.
• Mountain-Plains Museum Association
• MuseJobs Yahoo Group
• Museum Employment Resource Center *
• MUSEUM-L, archives *
• Museums and the Web
• National Archives - Presidential Libraries *
• National Council on Public History *
• National Parks Service *
• National Trust for Historic Preservation *
• New York Foundation for the Arts *
• Preservation Directory
• Preserve Net *
• Smithsonian Institution – Career Center
• Smithsonian Institution – Internships *
• Society of American Archivists
• Student Conservation Association *
• Unique Jobs in Historic Preservation *
• University Career Center

General Internship & Job Websites

• AcademicCareers
• CareerBuilder
• Glass Door
• Idealist
• Indeed
• Internmatch
• Internships
• Monster
• Non-Profit Oyster
• Simplyhired
• USAjobs

Museums Where KU Muse Students Have Completed Internships

• Archaeology Research Center
• Ashfall Fossil Beds - State Historical Park
• Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
• Bolder Power Art Concepts
• Booth Family Hall of Athletics
• Deutsches Museum of Science & Technology
• Eudora Area Historical Society
• Fort Scott National Historic Site
• Freedom’s Frontier
• Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
• Jewish Community Center - Overland Park, KS
• Kansas City Public Library
• Kansas Museum of History
• Kansas State Historical Society
• KU Division of Invertebrate Paleontology
• KU Libraries
• KU Natural History Museum
• Lawrence Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm
• Maritime Museum of San Diego
• Museum of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
• National Archives – Kansas City
• Natural Heritage Center of Korea
• Nerman Museum
• Pacifica Historical Society
• Regional Museum of the National University of San Martin
• R.L. McGregor Herbarium
• Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
• Shawnee Indian Mission
• Smithsonian - National Air and Space Museum
• Smithsonian - National Museum of Natural History
• Spencer Museum of Art
• Spencer Research Library
• The Hammer Museum - Haines, Alaska
• The Heritage Center, Red Cloud Indian School, SD
• The Stannard Conservation Lab
• Tonganoxie Community Historical Society
• Ulrich Museum of Art
• U.S. Holocaust Museum
• Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum
• Watkins Community Museum
• Wilcox Classical Museum

Professional Associations and Organizations