Skills previous interns have acquired include:
- PUBLIC HISTORY/NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTOR: Research, archival research, archival management, collections management, historical interpretation, fundraising, grant writing, exhibit label writing, curation, conservation.
- BUSINESS SECTOR: Project management, Excel, budgeting, public speaking, marketing, public relations, social media, media relations, internal communications, strategic communications.
Qualifications (Occasional exceptions are made. Contact Dr. Dorsey):
- 12 credit hours in history, including U.S. history.
- Junior or Senior standing
- GPA of 3.0 in history, 2.9 overall
- Permission of Dr. Dorsey.
Places to Intern
- Irish-American Heritage Museum (Albany)
- MANY: Museum Association of New York (Troy)
- Rensselaer County Historical Society (Troy)
- The Shaker Heritage Society (Albany)
- Schenectady County Historical Society (Schenectady)
- Schuyler Mansion (Albany)
- Crailo State Historic Site
- The National Bottle Museum (Ballston Spa)
- Albany Institute of History and Art
OTHER PLACES TO INTERN:
- Brookside Museum
- Bureau of Historic Sites and Bureau of Historic Preservation Field Services. Peebles Island
- Destroyer Escort Historical Museum/USS Slater
- FASNY Museum of Firefighting
- Grant Cottage State Historic Site
- Historic Albany Foundation
- Historic Cherry Hill
- Johnson Hall State Historic Site
- Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
- National Museum of Dance
- National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
- New Netherland Institute
- New York State Military Museum and Veteran’s Research Center
- New York State Museum
- Olana State Historic Site
- Pruyn House
- Saratoga Automobile Museum
- Saratoga National Historical Park
- Saratoga Springs History Museum
- Shaker Museum/Mount Lebanon
- Ten Broeck Mansion
- Underground Railroad History Project
- Waterford Historical Museum & Cultural Center