Career Planning

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Career Guides
Phi Alpha Theta
American Historical Association (AHA)
Smithsonian Guide to Museum Careers
UNC-W site for history majors

Job Information/Search Sites
American Association of Museums (AAM) Job Site
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC)

Grad School Resources
AHA list of doctoral programs in history
Smithsonian list of programs in museum studies
Council of Independent Colleges American Graduate Fellowships

Internship/Research Options
Priestly House Museum
Slifer House Museum
Mifflinburg Buggy Museum
Packwood House Museum

Washington Center (deadlines vary)
Philadelphia Center (deadlines vary)
The Lutheran College Washington Semester (deadlines vary)
American University American History Semester (spring deadline in November)

PHMC Summer Internship Program (apply by late February)
Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program (apply by early March)
Gettysburg Semester (apply by early March)
Monticello Archaeological Field School (apply by late March)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (apply by late December)
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center
Summer Internships in New York City:
National Museum of American History (deadlines vary)
Museum of Television and Radio (deadlines vary)
NYC Historic Sites (apply by late February)
Merchants House Museum (apply by late winter)
The Museum of American Financial History (apply by late winter)
Museum of the City of New York (apply by late winter)
New York City Police Museum (apply by late winter)

Graduate Programs
Cooperstown (museum studies)
Georgetown University (museum studies)
Penn State University
University of Delaware (museum studies)
UNC-Greensboro (preservation/museum studies)
University of Pennsylvania