Museum Studies

Intern Program 2025

The NMPW offers hands-on experience working at a museum. As an intern, you will be empowered to ask questions, develop projects, and attend workshops that offer hands-on experience, career insights, and behind-the-scenes opportunities.

Archives Intern: 

The archives intern will help preserve Pacific War history by assisting the Archivist with processing, arranging, and describing material. The archives intern will create finding aids and may work with preparing material for digitization. The assigned work is flexible depending on the interests of the intern. This position is open to undergraduate and graduate students interested in archival studies and/or library science.

Museum Programs Intern: 

The Museum Programs Intern will help engage and inspire visitors of all ages by assisting or implementing museum programs, participating in living history events, developing educational resources, helping with research, and more! This position is open to undergraduate and graduate students interested in museum programming, education, and public history. Applicants can choose between two tracks: youth programs or adult programs. Please specify your chosen track in your application.

Collections Intern: 

The collections intern will assist with accessioning backlogged items, help house accessioned artifacts of various mediums and sizes, create records for the digital database, and more! This position is open to undergraduate and graduate students interested in museum collections and curatorial work.

Schedule: 

• May 27th-August 2rd
• 10 weeks
• long 30-40 hours a week (dependent on internship)
• Weekly schedules arranged by supervisors

Benefits: 

• Weekly workshops including:
• lunch-and-learns
• behind-the-scenes tours
• resume and portfolio
• building assistance
• Stipend (up to $2,000)

Required Documents: 

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• At least one letter of
• recommendation or two
• references from a current
• or former professor or
• employer
• Unofficial Transcript

To apply, email the required documents to Kyna Stys, Director of Education and Museum Programming, at Kstys@nimitzfoundation.org by April 25, 2025. Please specify the internship that you are pursuing, a track if choosing education, and indicate whether or not you will require on-site housing.

*Please note that while we are able to offer housing for up to 3 interns, there are five internships available and housing will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Interns who do not receive housing through the program will be responsible for arranging their own accommodations.

Internships could be relevant for Museum Studies, Children and Society (Youth Programs Internship), and Non-profits and Social Entrepreneurship BDP students.