These are the History Department’s current internship opportunities for our History undergraduate and graduate students.
Archive and Museum Collection Management
Interns will learn how to appraise, process, and arrange collections while assisting in museums and archives.
• Albin Polášek Museum & Sculpture Gardens – History and Art History Intern
• Florida Historical Society – Archival Assistant Intern
• Florida Park Service – Collections Management Intern
• GLBT History Museum of Central Florida – Archival Processing Intern
• GLBT History Museum of Central Florida – Digital History Intern
• Winter Garden Heritage Foundation – Collections Intern
• Orange County Regional History Center – Graduate Collections Intern
• UCF Libraries Special Collections and University Archives Department – University Archives Intern
• Field Manor – Collections Intern
Digital Research and Preservation
Interns will engage with innovative digital methods of preserving and disseminating personal and public collections.
• I-O Trak – Digitalization and Preservation Outreach Intern
• Lou Frey Institute/RICHES™ – Digital Preservation Intern
• Museum of Seminole County History – Digital Preservation Intern
• Orange Preservation Trust – Research Intern
• Orlando Wetlands Park – Public History Internship
• Orlando Remembered – Digital Preservation Intern
• Field Manor – Grove Mapping Intern
Environmental History
Interns will provide opportunity to design a public research presentation based on environmental history.
• UCF Landscape and Natural Resources – Environmental History Intern
• Orlando Wetlands Park – Public History Internship
Exhibit Design
Interns will research, design, and prepare engaging exhibits.
• Albin Polášek Museum & Sculpture Gardens – Botany/Landscape Intern
• Orange County Regional History Center – Exhibits Intern
Historic Preservation
Interns will learn the processes for surveying, documenting and preserving historic structures
• Ponce Inlet Historical Museum – Internship
Historic Restoration
Interns will experience the process of historic restoration through hands-on experience in the fields.
• CCS Restoration – Historic Restoration Intern
Journal Editing
Interns will learn the practice of journal editing through engaging experience at a scholarly history journal.
• Florida Historical Quarterly – Editorial Intern
Museum Administration
Interns will receive the opportunity to experience the day-to-day running, development, and administration of a historical organization.
• Albin Polášek Museum & Sculpture Gardens – Arts Administration Intern
• Albin Polášek Museum & Sculpture Gardens – Fundraising and Development Intern
• DeBary Hall Historic Site – Historic Project Assistant Intern
• Florida Historical Society – Historical Administration Intern
Museum Education
Interns will learn how to design curriculum and program materials reflecting museum exhibits and archives.
• Orange County Regional History Center – Museum Education Intern
• Florida Historical Society – Educational Resources Assistant
• Ponce Inlet Historical Museum – Internship
Museum Marketing and Event Management
Interns will design and implement campaigns utilizing graphic design and marketing strategies.
• Albin Polášek Museum & Sculpture Gardens – Marketing and PR Intern
• Field Manor – Marketing and PR
Oral History
Interns will conduct and transcribe oral histories used for creative projects and exhibits.
• Brevard County Historical Commission – Oral History Internship
• UCF Community Veterans History Project- Oral History Intern
• Creative Sanford/Celery Soup – Oral History Intern
• Goldsboro Historical Museum – Oral History Intern
• Museum of Seminole County History – Oral History Project Intern
• Orlando Wetlands Park – Public History Internship
Podcasting and Documentaries
Interns will receives hands-on training in planning, executing, and disseminating historical programs through various forms of media.
• Florida Historical Society – Florida Frontiers Intern