A Peaceful and Prosperous New Year to Everyone! Cecelia- Here are my answers to your questions and of course they are imho. >1) where do you find interns? Generally (but not always) interns are >college students or recent graduates. Try contacting the job placement and >pertinent academic departments of area colleges and universities. Both >Baylor University and Texas Tech University have Museum Science programs. >Try talking to them. Also, internship postings appear on Roger's global >museum website, AAM's Aviso, www.museum-employment.com to name a few. Go to >their sites and include your posting. >2) what do you pay them? This depends on the resources you have to devote >to the internship. Some interns are volunteers, while others get wages or a >stipend ( I have received a $1000 stipend for a summer internship), and >still others receive room and board ( I had a room provided to me at >another internship). >3) what are the terms of the internship? This kind of depends on the >internship. I went to Texas Tech's museum science program. Summer >internships were basically at the student's and museum's discretion. The >program had no rules for them. However, if you chose to do a six-month >internship (or longer) instead of a thesis, then the program had strict >guidelines to ensure that the internship would be an educational >experience, not just grunt work. This included a payment of some kind to >the intern, progress reports and end of internship evaluations. Texas Tech >requires that the six-month internhip have a main project or goal that is >to be completed. >4) what skills are interns looking to develop? This varies by the intern. >The skills they want will depend on where they want to go. If they want to >be a curator, then they will be looking for internships that give them >experience doing things that curators do, such as exhibit writing, >collections care, and research. (of course, skills aren't mutually >exclusive) >5) have you ever had remote interns developing materials? We tried that >last spring with an area university, but had varying results because the >students didn't stay committed to their projects. In general, this could >work, but will depend on the requirements of the student, their program, >and your museum. Hope this Helps. Cheers, Chris Godbold Assistant Curator Heritage Farmstead Museum Plano, TX www.heritagefarmstead.org _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).