Closing Date: April 22, 2016
The State Preservation Board Internship Program is designed to provide undergraduate and graduate level students unpaid internships within a selected department at the Agency. Internships offer students an opportunity to gain practical public administration, museum, historical collections / curatorial, visitor services, and / or facilities management experience relevant to their coursework by working closely with staff at the State Preservation Board. Internships in all areas may not be available every semester.
Internship Title: Exhibits Intern
Goals of the Internship; Work to be performed:
Prepare students for a position in museum exhibits by teaching them the importance of primary source research, how to conduct research in various archival and museum collections, and how to summarize research for exhibition development.
Intern will search archival and museum collections to identify artifacts and summarize documents related to the Texas Revolution. Intern will complete a spreadsheet of potential artifacts/documents to be borrowed by the museum. Intern will research background of potential objects and prepare a 100 word description of each artifact. Majority of internship to take place in archives.
Hours of Work:
10 hours per week (Mon-Fri, between 9am-4pm).
Skills and Abilities:
Required: Effective organization and communication skills; Attention to detail; Experience with primary source research; College-level writing & copy editing skills; Computer skills: Microsoft Word and Excel.
Preferred: Experience conducting archival/primary source research; Fluent in reading Spanish; Knowledge of Texas history.
Educational Status:
Senior or Graduate Student studying History, Museum Studies, Anthropology, American Studies or Public History.
Internship Title: Web and Digital Media Intern
Goals of the Internship; Work to be performed:
The successful candidate will gain technology development skills, helping bring new technologies to market, and gain an understanding of professional museum curation and new methods for digital outreach to a large statewide audience.
The Web and Digital Media Internship is an opportunity to participate in innovative new projects in a creative and fun environment at the Bullock Texas State History Museum, the state’s official history museum. The selected candidate will collaborate with Museum staff to grow an award-winning story archive project and help launch a new statewide photography competition, helping to curate photographs for display in upcoming Museum exhibitions.
Hours of Work:
10-15 hours per week (Mon-Fri, between 9am-pm with flexibility to work remotely).
Skills and Abilities:
Required: Excellent writing and communication skills, willingness to experiment with innovative new web-based technologies, independent worker.
Preferred: A passion for photography, storytelling, and innovation.
Educational Status:
Undergraduate or Graduate Student studying Journalism, Liberal Arts, RTF, Communication/Media Studies, Museum Studies, History/Public History or Fine Arts.