All Museum Studies students whether graduate or undergraduate are encouraged to seek out internship opportunities. These internships have been done at institutions across the United States. Students are encouraged to apply for competitive internships, but internships can also be arranged independently with the assistance of Museum Studies faculty. It is a firm policy of the department that all internships must be a meaningful work experience which gives the student the opportunity to learn by working alongside a seasoned museum professional.
Places where our students have held internships in the past five years:
Waco
Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute
Historic Waco Foundation
Ray Riley Digitization Center, Baylor University Libraries
Beyond
Bayou Bend Collection, Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Carnegie Science Center
George H. W. Bush Presidential Library
George W. Bush Presidential Library
Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School
History of Scuba Diving Museum
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Scotty's Castle, Death Valley, California
Oklahoma History Center
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum
Third Cavalry Museum, Fort Hood
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Supreme Court
Museum Studies students have also found opportunities for meaningful work experiences at some of the other libraries and cultural institutions on campus.