>I am working with two museums that are considering the establishment of
>paid internship programs. A key issue is the appropriate level of financial
>remuneration for quarter-time and half-time internships.
>
>I'd be grateful if colleagues in the U.S. who supervise or are familiar
>with such programs could e-mail me (privately, if you wish) and let me know
>what your customary stipends and levels of remuneration are for interns. I
>promise to keep individual responses confidential, but would be glad to
>post a summary to the list in a week or so if you desire. This will allow
>us to set an equitable level. I'd also be glad to hear from students about
>what they were paid (IF they were paid) and whether they considered it
>adequate.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Byron A. Johnson, Exec. Dir
>Tampa Bay History Center, Tampa, FL
>soon to be Incoming Director
>Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, Waco, TX
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Yes, please do post your results.   It will be useful to those of us who
require our museum students to do internships at other institutions.  I
incourage all of our former students now working (with access to Museum-L)
to respond.

Thanks

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