History 408: NIAHD Internship in Public History

 

Students first work with NIAHD's Director to define their internship goals, identify a supervisor, and complete their application materials, and then have intermittent reflective and responsive course meetings that center questions of professional development. Internships may be in any public history field relevant to the intern, e.g. historical interpretation, research, writing, archiving, programming, archaeology, historic trades.

It is possible for students to complete internship hours during the summer and to have year-long internships if they make arrangements with NIAHD staff.

 

Recent NIAHD Internships in Public History

internship listing

Spring 2026 Interns Katelan Albus: Historical Research, Colonial Williamsburg Skyler Cole: Printing Office (Historic Trade), Colonial Williamsburg Henry Flaherman: Archaeology, Colonial Williamsburg Larissa Foster: Rockefeller Library, Colonial Williamsburg Cadence Hodge: Smith's Fort Plantation, Preservation Virginia--Woody Internship Kayly Jacobs: Rockefeller Library, Colonial Williamsburg Eira Johnson: Rockefeller Library, Colonial Williamsburg Allyson Morris: Historical Research, Colonial Williamsburg Cody Rodgers: Garden (Historic Trade), Colonial Williamsburg Polly Routh: Teacher Institute, Colonial Williamsburg Aubrey Strand: Archaeology, Historic Jamestowne

Summer 2026 Interns Selah Watkins: The Local Black Histories Project, Williamsburg, Virginia

Fall 2025 Interns Aggie Augustine: Media Collections, Rockefeller Library, Colonial Williamsburg  Geneva Berry: Architectural Preservation and Research, Colonial Williamsburg Lillian Cooper: Wigmaker's Shop, Colonial Williamsburg Zoe Galvin: Museum Education, Colonial Williamsburg Ava Greenberg: Collections (Textiles & Historic Dress), Colonial Williamsburg Gwendolyn Hughes: Bookbinder's Shop, Colonial Williamsburg Kayleigh MacDowell: Archaeology, Colonial Williamsburg Katie Shiflett: Foodways, Colonial Williamsburg Amy Timmins: NIAHD, Museum Accessibility Project John Trudeau: Historical Research, Colonial Williamsburg Abby Wohlhueter: Joiner's Shop, Colonial Williamsburg Trinity Young: Milliner's and Mantua-maker's Shop, Colonial Williamsburg

Summer 2025 Interns Alyssa Barca: Black Point Estate, Wisconsin State Historical Society Georgia Freyer:Provincial Commission for Memory, La Plata, Argentina Sophie Hatfield: Taft Museum of Art--Woody Internship Tyler Lewis: Bray School Lab--CHIP Internship Margaret Rommel: Virginia Museum of History & Culture--Woody Internship Shauna Schulze: Blue Ridge Institute & Museum Lorenzo Short: Menokin Foundation--CHIP Internship Claire Yee: Chrysler Museum of Art--Woody Internship Lydia Zambon: Brickyard, Colonial Williamsburg

Information about the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park Internship Program