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 bernzen@ku.edu with the subject line "Subscribe to MUSE-L" and 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 and Resources
- AcademicCareers
- CareerBuilder
- Glass Door
- Idealist
- Indeed
- Internmatch
- Internships
- Monster
- Non-Profit Oyster
- Resume Baking (resume builder)
- Resume for Internship
- Simplyhired
- USAjobs
Museums Where KU MUSE Students Have Completed Internships
- American Museum of Natural History
- Archaeology Research Center
- Ashfall Fossil Beds - State Historical Park
- Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
- Bolder Power Art Concepts
- Booth Family Hall of Athletics
- Denver Museum of Nature & Science
- Deutsches Museum of Science & Technology
- Eudora Area Historical Society
- Fort Scott National Historic Site
- Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area
- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- The Hammer Museum - Haines, Alaska
- Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
- The Heritage Center, Red Cloud Indian School, SD
- 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
- Leather Archives & Museum
- Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
- Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm
- Mammoth Site & Museum
- Maritime Museum of San Diego
- Mid-America Arts Alliance
- Museum of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
- National Museum of Toys and Miniatures
- National Archives – Kansas City
- Natural Heritage Center of Korea
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- 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 Gardens/Archives of American Gardens
- Smithsonian - National Museum of Natural History
- Smithsonian - National Postal Museum
- Spencer Museum of Art
- Spencer Research Library
- Staab Studios
- State Historical Society of North Dakota
- The Stannard Conservation Lab
- Tonganoxie Community Historical Society
- Ulrich Museum of Art
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum
- Watkins Community Museum
- Wilcox Classical Museum
Professional Associations and Organizations
Local, Kansas & Missouri
Kansas City Area Archivists
Kansas City Emerging Museum Professionals
Kansas Museums Association
Nelson-Atkins Young Friends of Art
Missouri Association for Museums and Archives
Find other state museum associations
Find state and local government
Regional
Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
Mountain Plains Museum Association
New England Museum Association
Southeastern Museums Conference
Western Museums Association
National
American Anthropological Association
American Alliance of Museums
American Association of State & Local History
American Public Gardens Association
Americans for the Arts
Archaeological Institute of America
Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
Association of African American Museums
Association of Art Museum Curators
Association of Art Museum Directors
Association of Children's Museums
Association of College & University Museums and Galleries
Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
Association of Science & Technology Centers
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
College Art Association
Council of American Maritime Museums
Entomological Collections Network
Geological Curators' Group
Independent Sector
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Museum Computer Network
Museum Education Roundtable
Museum Management Program, NPS/DOI
Museum Trustee Association
Museums and the Web
National Art Education Association
National Association for Interpretation
National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME)
National Association of Automobile Museums
National Council on Public History
National Center for Preservation Technology & Training
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Society of American Archaeology
Society of American Archivists
Society of Mineral Museum Professionals
Small Museum Association
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield
Visitor Studies Association
International
Canadian Conservation Institute
Canadian Museums Association
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
International Council on Monuments and Sites
International Council of Museums (ICOM)
International Foundation for Art Research
International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
Museums Association (UK)
Museums Australia
Museum Hue
Museum Link
The Collections Trust
UNESCO World Heritage Centre