ARTH 495 Internship Requirements for the Museum Studies Certificate.

• Internships must be approved by a member of the Art History faculty. • The internship must be for at least 3 credits (135 hours of work). • Internships must be taken for a letter grade and the student must earn a grade of C or higher. • A maximum of 6 credits of internships can be applied toward the certificate, with permission of the Art History department.

Internships may be pursued on campus or off, or even abroad. Students are welcomed to propose internships for consideration for credit toward the Certificate.

Here are some possible internships in the region.

Palmer Museum of Art http://www.palmermuseum.psu.edu/education/internships

University Libraries • Stelts-Filippelli intern, Special Collections exhibition gallery • Bednar Conservation Intern https://libraries.psu.edu/about/awards-scholarships-internships-and-graduate- assistantships/internship-opportunities

Internships at other on-campus museums and galleries may be available. • All-Sports Museum • Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery • Matson Museum of Anthropology • HUB-Robeson Galleries • Woskob Gallery • Borland Project Space

They don’t have standing internship programs, but you can contact individual staff members or look for opportunities on the job board https://studentaffairs.psu.edu/hub/student- employment

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission https://www.phmc.pa.gov/About/Join/Pages/Internships.aspx (The PHMC runs historic sites and museum all around the state, including the Military Museum in Boalsburg)

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia https://philamuseum.org/jobs/?arID=50

Penn Museum, Philadelphia https://www.penn.museum/learn/penn-students/summer-internship-program

Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia https://www.barnesfoundation.org/about/careers-and-volunteering/internship-descriptions

Mercer Museum/Fonthill Castle, Doylestown https://www.mercermuseum.org/internships/

Reading Public Museum https://www.readingpublicmuseum.org/about-us/#employment

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg https://thewestmoreland.org/about/opportunities/#internships

Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford https://www.brandywine.org/museum/about/jobs/museum-internships

Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg http://statemuseumpa.org/join/internship/ (no virtual internship; internship program suspended due to COVID)

Carnegie Museums, Pittsburgh https://carnegiemuseums.org/opportunities/volunteer/

Sen. John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/about/work-with-us#internships

The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh https://mattress.org/jobs/

The Frick, Pittsburgh https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/employment

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH https://recruiting.ultipro.com/CLE1004CMA/JobBoard/85cb4420-40e1-440b-9c73- ab703c4fa94d/?q=&o=postedDateDesc

Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH https://www.cmnh.org/researchinternships

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH https://mocacleveland.org/about/jobs

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH https://www.toledomuseum.org/node/1360

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD https://artbma.org/about/jobs.html#internships

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD https://thewalters.org/about/research/fellowship-internship/

Baltimore Museum of Industry, Baltimore, MD https://www.thebmi.org/exhibitions-collections/internships-volunteering/