Museum Interpretation Internship
Museum Interpretation Internship
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Organizational Department: Visitor Services
Project Season: Summer 2025
Program Duration: Jun 23 JulWeeks)
Application Posting Date: Friday April 11
Application Deadline: Wednesday April 23
About the Historic New Orleans Collection
Internship Program Mission Statement
Project Description
The Museum Interpretation Internship provides a distinctive opportunity for interns to develop a thorough understanding of interpretation and audience engagement within the realms of public history and cultural institutions. Collaborating with the interpretive team at the Historic New Orleans Collection interns will play a key role in creating a facilitated dialogue style tour for The Trail They Blazed which highlights narratives of social and racial justice related to the Civil Rights Movement in Louisiana. While designing an interactive tour to provoke thought and enhance visitor learning the interns will gain essential experience and transferable skills including research collaboration and interpretation in a museum setting. They will gain skills and experience applying interpretive principles and techniques to promote audience engagement and develop programs that explore complex history in a way that resonates with a wide range of audiences.
Project Format
This is an onsite placement. The intern will report physically to the Historic New Orleans Collection French Quarter campus and be station at 520 Royal St New Orleans LA 70130.
Within the sixweek duration of this program the intern will complete a minimum of 120hours of engagement not to exceed a total of 150hours.
Intern Engagement and Learning Objectives:
The intern will:
- Explore the theory and methods of interpretation employed in public history settings evaluating their effectiveness in conveying historical significance and fostering engagement
- Learn about facilitated dialogue theory and practice including the arc of dialogue crafting effective dialogic questions and implementing various facilitation techniques
- demonstrate proficiency in researching historical figures and events featured in The Trail They Blazed synthesizing information into coherent interpretive frameworks
Candidacy Requirements
- Qualified candidates are students academically classified as rising undergraduate juniors or seniors enrolled in a Louisianabased college/university.
- Students who have declared majors or successfully completed academic coursework in History African American Studies English Communications Museum Science or related study of Liberal Arts and Humanities are encouraged to apply.
- The applicant should have knowledge of and be able to apply standard research methodologies including but not limited to independent research utilizing primary and secondary sources.
- The applicant should possess strong writing skills.
- The applicant should be comfortable with public speaking.
- Letters of recommendation from a university professor or supervisor are welcomed and encouraged and must be delivered directly from the letters author to Internship Coordinator Sydney Wessinger by email at .
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
