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Dear Alice:
Here's a couple of ideas:
1. Try this website... there are internships listed here...
http://www.interlog.com/~joellong/musjobs/musjobs.html
2. Greenfield Village has paid internships. I don't know if you have to be
a student.
3. Do a websearch, using Yahoo and Alvista, on museum internships. I just
recently
finished searching (two weeks ago) but didn't save any of them (I
found an internship).
I saw a really interesting one with a ghost town in central Colorado,
and another with a
county historical society in a Plains state (Nebraska, North Dakota?
one of those).
If I weren't so tied to New York City, I'd have applied for one of
those.
4.The Illinois State Historical Society announced one on the museum-L not too
long
ago. I think the listserv has an archive function you could search.
There have been
others listed.
5. Many of the paid internships are in less-densely populated areas. You'll
probably have to move to get a paid internship. Perhaps you can work out
an unpaid internship with
a local museum on the weekends or evenings. That way you could keep
your
current job while testing the waters.
6. Some universities have continuing education programs in arts and/or museum
administration. They have internships as part of the program; they
help you look. I
know that New York University has this type of program. I know this
doesn't help you
in Detroit, but there may be a similar program in your area.
7. Even if the internship says "students", try anyway. You never know!
I hope this helps.
Mike Radice
The Union Institute
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