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
• Buffalo Bill Center of the West
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science
• Deutsches Museum of Science & Technology
• Eudora Area Historical Society
• Fort Scott National Historic Site
• Fort Ticonderoga
• 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
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
• 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