Milwaukee Public Museum

 GRADUATE MUSEUM INTERNSHIP

 SUMMER 2006

The Milwaukee Public Museum is offering a summer internship for graduate Museum Studies students.  This internship, sponsored by the Betty L. and M. Kenneth Starr Internship Fund, runs from June to August and offers a stipend of $2000 for assistance in travel and living expenses.

Candidates must be enrolled in a graduate degree-granting program in Museum Studies.  (Students enrolled in an advanced program with an emphasis or certificate in Museum Studies or Museum Science do not qualify for this award.)  

A variety of internship opportunities exist in areas such as Anthropology, Botany, Conservation, Education, Exhibition, Geology, History, Registration, and Zoology.  All internships, however, depend on availability and some require previous experience and/or classes. The award recipient is also required to perform at least 150 hours of internship work.

            Applications should consist of a statement of purpose, a resume, and two letters of recommendation.  Selection of the award recipient will be based on availability of a compatible internship and the applicant's present abilities and potential.

Application deadline is March 10, 2006; notification by March 31, 2006. AA/EOE

Direct applications to Dawn Scher Thomae, Museum Internship Coordinator, at the address below.  Please contact [log in to unmask]  or  (414) 278-6157 if there are any questions.

The Milwaukee Public Museum, one of the largest in the United States, is a museum of natural history.  Created in 1882, the museum currently houses over 6 million specimens  in the fields of Anthropology, History, Zoology, Geology, Botany, Education, and Photographic archives. Annual attendance is over 1 million.