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Alaska State Museum Collections Internship

The Alaska State Museum, together with the Alaska State Archives and Alaska State Library, is offering an internship with an emphasis on gubernatorial collections. Graduate students, or undergraduate seniors and juniors with exceptional academic records, studying history, museum studies, archives, and library tracks are encouraged to apply. The internship is designed to complement your formal academic training and may be completed for academic credit or internship experience. It comes with a reasonable stipend.

Internships last 8-12 weeks, and interns work 28-30 hours per week for a total of at least 170 hours per internship. The internship will be on-site at least 95% percent of the time. A work schedule will be determined collaboratively between interns, their supervisors, and the project coordinator.

Our internships provide exceptional opportunities for individuals interested in:

• Working one-on-one with professional museum, archives, and library staff
• Using multiple resources to interpret and associate documents and photos with historical events
• Using databases: ARGUS, ArchivEra, ArchiveSpace (no experience needed – we will teach you)
• Digitizing and describing archival materials
• Processing items into the State Museum’s permanent collection
• Physically inventorying collections located offsite
• Physically inventorying and processing archival collections
• Documenting and tracking Museum collection loans
• Rehousing photos/ photography services
• Working with a website designer on clarity, usability, and responsive design

Summer Internships

Mid-May/early June–August.
Apply by April 15, 2025.

Fall Internships

September–late November/early December.
Apply by July 30, 2025.

Spring Internships
Late January/early February–April.
Apply by November 30, 2025.

Desired Experience

Experience processing materials in a museum, archive, or library setting.

How to Apply

To apply, send a detailed cover letter, resume, and transcripts (unofficial copies are fine) to mary.irvine@alaska.gov, or Mary Irvine, Alaska State Museums, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811.

In your cover letter, please state your preferred timeframe (summer, fall or spring), and describe your experience in creating written description of collections items, creating finding aids, numbering physical objects, working independently, and working collaboratively, and describe your interest in gubernatorial history and collections if any.

Housing and travel to and from Alaska are not provided. The intern is encouraged to seek housing as early as possible, as housing in Alaska’s capital is tight. Staff will try to assist the intern with the housing search.

For questions, email mary.irvine@alaska.gov or call Ms. Irvine at (907) 465-4811.