Program provides four paid internship opportunities annually at the Smithsonian for people with disabilities.  Applicants who are in college or graduate school, or who have graduated within the last 6 months are invited to apply.  Interns must be based in the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and must have United States citizenship.

Internships are available to undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in documenting and interpreting the effect of historical and contemporary social and cultural issues on communities.. They are available in the Registrar's Office and the following departments: Research, Exhibits Design and Production, Education, Public Programs, and Public Affairs. The Intern Coordinator must be contacted prior to application submission for applications to be considered.

Internships are available to undergraduates and graduate students who have a background in art history, American studies, or American history and are looking for the opportunity to conduct research in primary sources, process archival collections, prepare written descriptions of collection contents, and assist with registrarial duties.

The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program works to better reflect the Asian Pacific American experience in Smithsonian exhibitions, programs, and research. It improves the public’s appreciation of the crucial roles that Asian Pacific Americans have played in American history and, simultaneously, empowers APA communities in their sense of inclusion within our national culture.
Contact: Internship Coordinator, anielkr@si.edu for more information about internship opportunities within the Program.

The Dick Louie Memorial Internship for High School Students of
Asian Descent
The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery offer a paid internship for high school students of Asian descent. The Richard Louie Memorial Internship was established in 1994 to honor Richard Louie, former associate director of the Freer and Sackler, and is made possible through the Richard Louie Memorial Fund. Its goal is to offer young people of Asian descent practical experience in a museum setting. Applicants who apply for the Richard Louie Internship will automatically be considered for the unpaid internship. Please do not fill out both applications.

Smithsonian Gardens offers a number of diverse paid and unpaid intern positions year-round that provide practical learning experiences in the many HSD programs including garden maintenance and management, greenhouse production, landscape design, collections management (orchids, garden archives, horticultural artifacts), irrigation, integrated pest management, and educational outreach.  Special projects may be added to an intern’s regular duties; they vary greatly and are determined on an individual basis.  Any current or recent undergraduate or graduate student majoring in horticulture, landscape architecture, collections management, or other related field are encouraged to apply.

Fall, spring, and summer internships are offered to students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs and to individuals interested in exploring museum professions. Internship opportunities are available in the following departments: Conservation, Curatorial, Education, Exhibition and Design, Photographic Archives, Public Affairs, and Registration. Candidates must have a background in art history, anthropology, museum studies, or a related discipline. Specific training in African art or other aspects of African culture is desirable, particularly in the Education and Curatorial Departments.

The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History offers full-time, ten-week, archival internship opportunities for graduate students every summer.
Applicants must apply through the Smithsonian online application system. Complete applications must include the following:
- Undergraduate and graduate transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable
- Essay
- Two Letters of reference
- resume

The National Portrait Gallery offers formal internships to undergraduate and graduate students and to individuals not affiliated with academic programs who have research or museum career interests. High school students are occasionally accepted.  Most internships are for 8-16 weeks and 16–40 hours per week.  The experience should be relevant both to the intern's academic and professional goals and to the professional disciplines represented at the Portrait Gallery. Various departments sponsor interns throughout the year. Intern projects are based on interests and needs of the department, and are agreed upon by the mutual consent of the intern candidate and his or her supervisor.  We invite you to review the internship opportunities currently available at: http://npg.si.edu/education/internships.html

The National Science Resources Center provides leadership, services and products for improving the learning and teaching of science for all students in the United States and throughout the world.  We offer internships to high school students, undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in any of these seven program areas:
- Center for Building Awareness of Science Education
- Center for Strategic Planning and Reform Initiatives
- Center for Teacher Professional Development Initiatives
- Development Division
- Publications Division
- Executive Office
- Finance & Administration Division

The National Zoo offers exciting and unique internships that help participants reach a range of academic and professional goals. Internship positions are available from a variety of groups at the Zoo including: exhibits, safety office, veterinary medicine, research, animal programs, and field ecology.

The Office of Contracting and Personal Property Management (OCon&PPM) acquires goods and services, negotiates contracts and agreements, manages the charge card program, and provides leadership in personal property management in support of the objectives and goals of the Smithsonian Institution. Interns in OCon&PPM complete tasks that involve researching and synopsizing for assigned preceptors various Public Laws, regulatory agencies’ requirements and internal policy and procedural issuances. The preceptors will use the information to: determine what impact the various issuances have on acquisitions and personal property management operations; draft reports, updating acquisition and personal property management policies and procedures, and establishing or refining templates for contracts and agreements.  Interns shall also be requested to further research regulatory, administrative and office workload issues, and be assigned other office administration, procurement or personal property management related tasks by their preceptors. Interns’ assignments may relate specifically to activities of the immediate office of the Director or one or more of five Divisions. 

Legal interns in the OGC assist the attorneys in all subject matter areas. They perform traditional case law research, prepare legal memoranda for use in briefs and motions, review agreements, survey state law, and research legislative history. When possible, interns are invited to attend hearings, depositions, and meetings. OGC accepts applications from second and third year law students for school-term internships and from rising 2Ls and 3Ls for summer internships (preference is given to rising 3Ls). School term interns work an average of 15 hours a week.  Summer interns work a minimum of 10 weeks.   Interested applicants should send a resume, transcript, and legal writing sample to Farleigh Earhart by email at earhartf@si.edu or mail to Smithsonian Institution Office of General Counsel, P.O. Box 23286, Washington, DC 20026-3286.  (Transcripts need not be official, unofficial transcripts may be submitted electronically.) Applications for fall internships and spring internships should be sent no later than August 1 and November 1, respectively.  Applications for summer internships should be sent by February 15.

Unpaid opportunities are available requiring a minimum of 20 hours per week for the semester/quarter session (minimum of 2 months). Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, a special project in your field of study or interest, assistance with all the daily operational requirements of the organization, and marketing the products and services of the Office of Human Resources (OHR) to its customers. Interns are expected to act and perform as professional Human Resource Specialists. This internship is for U.S. Citizens only.

Internships are available in the following areas: accounting, finance, management, public administration, information systems, or liberal arts. For more information about available internships, please see our website:

The Smithsonian Associates is the largest integrated membership and educational arm of the  Smithsonian. Internships are available to undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates for a wide variety of majors to include:  art history, arts management, business, communications, education, English, graphic design, journalism, marketing, museum studies, public affairs, theater, and more. Internships are offered in the winter-spring, fall, and summer.  Department assignments are made at the time of selection and are based on the applicant’s expressed desires, education, skills, experience, and career goals as well as the needs of the organization.  Intern projects are meaningful, substantive, and are of benefit to the intern, TSA, and the Institution.  Please review the information at http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/internships/start.aspx and then contact the Intern Coordinator at: volunof@si.edu for additional information.

The mission of the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies is to increase the Smithsonian Institution’s impact as a national educational organization.  The Center provides leadership in education at the Smithsonian through hosting www.SmithsonianEducation.org, the gateway to the institution’s educational resources and programs, publishing Smithsonian in Your Classroom, a journal for elementary and middle school educators, offering research opportunities and resources to the museum community, and conducting professional development programs for educators at all levels. The Center has created a long-term alliance with state education officials that has become the basis for several collaborative teacher training and resource development projects in a wide range of subjects. The Center also manages pan-institutional functions such as internships, heritage month celebrations, school tour programming, and the collection and analysis of data on Smithsonian education programs.

Publications and New Media Intern
Research and writing for electronic media (not print) – http://smithsonianeducation.org. Possess strong writing skills; Marketing, Journalism, Writing, English majors. Start and End dates are flexible; Part-time position.  Please submit a writing sample in the ESSAY section of the SOLAA system; Select the ‘Website, New Media and Electronic Publications’ project in SOLAA.

Audience Evaluation / Education Outcomes Intern
Implement evaluation projects for education programs across the entire Smithsonian Institution. Assist with different phases of evaluation projects – conceptualization, collection and analysis of data, & report results to different audiences; Statistical analysis and collection and analysis of qualitative data (focus groups and in-depth interviews). Advanced level undergraduate or graduate student with experience and interest in museum and program evaluation.  Evaluation, anthropology or sociology background. At least 3 days per week or 20 + hours. Flexible schedule, but at least a 6 month commitment to the project. In the ESSAY section of SOLAA, be sure to describe a work or class project in which you interviewed the public.  Select the ‘Audience Research, Interviewing and Evaluation’ project in SOLAA.

The Katzenberger Foundation Art History Internship Program is a need-based program supporting internships for undergraduates in research and collections projects at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The program is generously funded by the Katzenberger Foundation and administered by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies. Depending upon grant funding, six to seven internships are offered yearly during the summer, and located in Washington, D.C., at the Smithsonian’s art museums and archives, and a $5,000 stipend is awarded to the student. The summer internship lasts 10 weeks from the beginning of June until mid-August. The program is open to U.S. citizens (only), enrolled as undergraduate Juniors, Seniors, or equivalent, in a degree granting program, at an accredited institution, with a declared art history major, concentration, or related discipline, who qualify for federal student aid.

Past projects have included Islamic manuscript curatorial assistant, oral history documentation at the Archives of American Art, American and Asian Art collections management at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, Library intern at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Library, Collections intern at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and education projects at the National Portrait Gallery. Final summary report and evaluation required.

How to Apply
Please apply using the Smithsonian online application system https://solaa.si.edu. Paper applications will not be considered.
1. Register for SOLAA
2. Select “internship”
3. Select “Smithsonian Katzenberger Art History Internship Program”

Please be aware that complete applications must include the following:
Resume
Academic Essay: 3-4 pages describing how your academic goals, qualifications, and career aspirations relate to art history and the internship program at the Smithsonian
Academic Transcripts: can be official or unofficial; URL links not accepted
Two letters of reference from professors; If preferred, a professor can e-mail the reference letter directly to tspinale@si.edu.

SMITHSONIAN THEATERS:

• Daytime (non-Hollywood) Films:
• One free admission per week for all daytime IMAX and Planetarium films.   
• These tickets are for staff, volunteers and interns with SI badges only and are non-transferrable.
• ID is required upon entrance to the theater
• Unlimited Friends/Family tickets at $6.50 (savings of up to $2.00 off the standard price).
• Evening, Feature-Length, Hollywood Films (Night at the Museum, Transformers, etc…):
• Unlimited discounted tickets at $10.50 for staff and their friend/family.  This is up to $2.00 off the standard admission).
• Staff rates are only valid when purchased at a Smithsonian Theaters Box office.
• NASM—Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater (first floor) and Albert Einstein Planetarium (second floor)
• NMNH—Johnson IMAX Theater box offices are located on the first floor in the theater lobby and the Rotunda.
• Hazy—Airbus IMAX Theater (first floor)
• For a listing of films and showtimes, visit www.si.edu/imax.

 
SMITHSONIAN RESTAURANTS:
Smithsonian staff, volunteers and interns with Smithsonian ID badges are eligible for discounts in the following Smithsonian restaurants:

• NMAI DC-- 20% discount at Mitsitam Café. 
• NASM— 10% discount at McDonald’s.  
• The food court has a special register for staff.  It is located at the far right hand side of the pick-up counter.
• NMNH—20% discount at the Atrium Café, Fossil Café and the Ice Cream/Espresso Bar. 
• NMAH—20% discount at the Stars and Stripes Cafe and the Constitution Cafe.  
• The Stars and Stripes Cafe has a special staff priority line to expedite staff purchases. 
• Castle—20% discount in the Castle Café.
• DWRC—20% discount in the Courtyard Café. 
• Discount does not apply during the Take 5! Concerts.
• Hazy—10% discount. This is valid at both the McDonald’s and the McCafé .

Smithsonian ID badge must be displayed at the time of purchase.  The discount only applies to the staff member’s meal.

Staff Cafeterias are also located in the following locations and offer menu options that are not available in the public restaurants:

• Castle—Lower level (7:30 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.)
• Breakfast (7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.) offers continental breakfast, oatmeal and breakfast sandwiches.  Coffee, fountain and bottled beverages available.
• Lunch (10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ) featuring soups, salad bar, made-to-order sandwiches, chips, bottled and fountain beverages and pastries.  Special hot entrée on Wednesdays. Coffee, bottled and fountain beverages available.
• NMNH—Access from the Atrium Café on the Ground Floor (7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
• Breakfast (7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.) Continental breakfast and breakfast sandwiches. We also offer a self serve yogurt & fruit bar.  Coffee, fountain and bottled beverages available.
• Lunch (11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.) Hot lunch including entrees, hot sides, hot dessert. We also offer a self serve salad & sandwich bar.  Coffee, fountain and bottled beverages also available.

SMITHSONIAN CAROUSEL:
Staff may receive one free ride per visit.  SI badge must be presented at the time of purchase.   This free ride is for staff, volunteers and interns with SI badges only and may not be transferred to other riders. 

For further information on this message, contact Holly Williamson, Smithsonian Theaters, x3-6071, (VoIP) 202 633-6071 (non-VoIP), hwilliamson@si.edu .