The U.S. Navy’s National Museum of the American Sailor seeks applicants for a Collections Internship. This internship provides a rare developmental opportunity for a graduate, undergraduate, or non-traditional student with a strong interest in history to participate in the hands-on establishment of a new U.S. Navy history museum’s collections program.

Under the supervision of the Museum Curator, interns will learn and perform career-developmental duties such as:

-Conducting historical research on museum artifacts to determine dates of creation and use, ownership, and geographical and other information.
-Assisting with the inventory and cataloging of museum artifacts.
-Labelling and organizing museum artifacts.
-Storing museum artifacts.

Skills required for this internship:

-Ability to type on a keyboard, entering both capital and lower-case letters.
-Accuracy and good judgment in transcribing written data from varying types of source documents into a standardized format.
-Ability to skim and summarize the major subjects of historical documents based upon unformatted and varying sources.
-Comfort and familiarity with entering and saving data in a spreadsheet and database.
-Ability to envision long-term process and goals while typing and describing individual items of data.
-Ability to follow standardized vocabularies of descriptive terms, or to recognize the need for standardized terminology.
-Possess legible handwriting
-Ability to climb ladders and lift up to 40 lbs.

To apply for an internship, please submit the following information:

-Internship Program application form (https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmas/education/internships.html)
-Academic transcripts (unofficial are acceptable)
-A resume outlining your educational, professional, and volunteer experiences
-A one-page personal statement (use this essay to tell us how an internship at the National Museum of the American Sailor will advance your academic/career goals)
-One letter of recommendation
-A writing sample of not less than 1,000 words
Internship application packets for Summer 2017 are due no later than March 1, 2017.

Please submit completed application materials (via mail or electronically) to the following:


ATTN: Internship Coordinator
National Museum of the American Sailor
2531 Sheridan Road
Great Lakes, IL 60088
Email: [log in to unmask]

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