Design and Exhibition Services Internships
Interested in learning more about museum education, public programming, and community outreach? Check out our Summer 2023 internship opportunities!
Exhibition Design Internship *requires a portfolio as part of your application*
Goal: Overall, this internship aims to provide students with exposure to and real-world experience in the development and design of museum exhibitions.
Status: Virtual, in-person, or hybrid depending on the intern's preference and our museum staffing capacity due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Anticipated Learning Objectives: By the end of this internship, the intern will be able to:
- Understand the exhibition development, design, and production process for interpretive, object-based exhibitions.
- Use Vectorworks for exhibition concept design and detailing
- Create and present verbal and visual exhibition design concept presentations
- Prepare exhibition design production packages
Stipend: This opportunity provides a minimum total stipend of $500 to defray commuting costs for an in-person internship and/or technology costs for the virtual internship, and after being selected, interns are able to apply for additional stipend funding based on self-disclosed financial need.
Graphic Design Internship *requires a portfolio as part of your application*
Goal: Overall, this internship aims to provide students with exposure to and real-world experience in the development and design of graphic design for museum exhibitions.
Status: Virtual, in-person, or hybrid depending on the intern's preference and our museum staffing capacity due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Anticipated Learning Objectives: By the end of this internship, the intern will be able to:
- Understand the development, design and production process for exhibition and environmental graphics both graphic design for environmental graphics inside and outside of the museum building
- Understand implementation of a museum-wide graphic identity
- Understand graphic design for wayfinding and building signage
- Understand the use of typography, graphic design and environmental graphics for museum exhibitions
- Prepare graphic design production packages
Stipend: This opportunity provides a minimum total stipend of $500 to defray commuting costs for an in-person internship and/or technology costs for the virtual internship, and after being selected, interns are able to apply for additional stipend funding based on self-disclosed financial need.
Many offices at NMAH are not actively seeking interns but may still review applications from interested applicants. Check out the information in the link to learn more about our offices where you can submit a general application for an internship at NMAH.