Fall 2025 Internships
CU Heritage Center
The Heritage Center is offeringÌýoneÌýinternship positions to assist with researching people, topics, and events of CU's past for the university's upcoming 150th anniversary in 2026. While the museum is temporarily closed as Old Main gets a much-needed restoration, we plan to create and install small physical exhibits in strategic locations around campus and develop online content for the anniversary year.
Our collection includes archival material and thousands of photographs, publications, artifacts, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and textiles covering many aspects of CU history from the 1870s through the present. Depending on your research interests, you can choose from many people and topics and have the opportunity to learn about museum exhibit content development.
The Heritage Center is devoted to preserving ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø's extraordinary 150-year past and truthfully representing the history and people of Colorado's flagship university. We value diverse experiences and are committed to fostering a sense of belonging for all members of the CU community.
Number of Positions:Ìý1
³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýMona Lambrecht, Interim Director and Curator of History and Collections
Schedule:Ìý8-10 hours per week during the fall semester
Format:ÌýIn person with some virtual research available. Potential research at other local libraries. The museum is temporarily located on East Campus at 30th and Marine streets.
°ä°ù±ð»å¾±³Ù:ÌýThis position is unpaid. Students may earn 3 internship credits towards their HIST major or minor by completing several personal reflections/journal entries and submitting a final project/sample of work from their internship. To earn credit, students must enroll in HIST 4930 (syllabus).
Desired skills:
- Interest in local history and/or museum exhibition development
- Experience with various primary source materials
- Excellent research, documenting, and writing skills
- Detail-oriented and organized
- Ability to read script/cursive handwriting helpful
- Familiarity with ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø campus, Boulder, or Colorado history helpful
- Experience with genealogical research helpful
- Comfortable working independently and willing to ask questions when needed
- Flexibility, adaptability, and a sense of humor
How to apply:ÌýSubmit anÌýinternship applicationÌýand a cover letter to the History Internships Coordinator, Dr. Phoebe Young (phoebe.young@colorado.edu). Cover letter should be saved as a PDF and must answer the following questions:
- What skills do you bring to this internship?
- How does this internship support your current historical interests & future goals?
- What do you hope to get out of the internship?
Application deadline:ÌýPriority deadline is August 1, 2025; applications accepted until the positions are filled.
Ìý- Collections Intern / Costumes
Job Overview:
The Museum of Boulder is seeking up to three interns over the next year to assist with a variety of projects including the Boulder EATS! exhibit, processing objects from the March 22nd shooting, updating the Museum's database and a collection inventory. Interns will work with historic artifacts to accession, photograph, conduct condition reports, create objectÌýstorage, update the Museum's database - Past Perfect, choose objects for upcoming exhibits, write narrative labels, etc. By the end of the Internship, internsÌýwill have gained a basic understanding of day-to-day work in collection management.
Number of Positions:Ìý3
³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýElizabeth Nosek, Curator of Collections & Exhibits
Schedule:Ìý8-10 hours per week. Must be available on Wednesdays and/or Thursdays. Specifics to be determined with curator.
Format:ÌýIn person
Compensation/Credit:ÌýThis position is unpaid. Students may earn 3 credits towards their HIST major or minor by completing several personal reflections/journal entries and submitting a final product/sample of work from their internship. To earn credit, students must enroll in HIST 4930.
Desired skills:
- Interest in history collections and a career in museums or archives
- Ability to take directions well
- Detail oriented and organized
- Comfort with being self-directed or part of the team, willing to ask questions when unsure
- Flexibility and a sense of humor
How to apply:ÌýSubmit anÌýinternship applicationÌýand a cover letter to the History Internships Coordinator, Dr. Phoebe Young (phoebe.young@colorado.edu). Cover letter should be saved as a PDF and must answer the following questions:
- What skills do you bring to this internship?
- How does this internship support your current historical interests & future goals?
- What do you hope to get out of the internship?
Interns will be expected to interview with Curator.
Application deadline:ÌýPriority deadline isÌýAugust 1, 2025;Ìýapplications accepted until the positions are filled.
- Collections Assistant
Job Overview:
This is a semester-long internship for class credit. You will assist the Collections Coordinator in researching, cataloging, photographing, and labeling a large incoming donation and in conducting a comprehensive inventory of archival material.
ABOUT THE LAFAYETTE HISTORY MUSEUM
Through our exhibits, educational programming, walking tours, field trips for students, research material, and more, we preserve and share the fascinating stories of Lafayette’s evolution. Housed in the Lewis Home, an 1890s coal miner’s cottage that is on the National Register of Historic Places, the museum appeals to adults and children alike.
The Lafayette History Museum does not discriminate against any employee, contractor, volunteer, guest or program participant on the basis of age, race, sex, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity, gender expression, ancestry, marital status, gender, veteran status, political service, affiliation or disability.
³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýChelsea Pennington Hahn
Schedule:Ìý8-10 hours per week during the fall semester
Format:ÌýIn person
Compensation/Credit: This is an unpaid position. Students may earn 3 credits towards their HIST major or minor by completing several personal reflections/journal entries and submitting a final product/sample of work from their internship. To earn credit, students must enroll in HIST 4930.
Essential Duties:
- Using spreadsheets to record catalog information for objects
- Object identification and research
- Object photography
- Careful and safe handling of artifacts and archival material following best practices
Skills you will gain:
- Object catalog creation
- Metadata creation
- Object handling
- Knowledge of Lafayette and farming history
Minimum Qualifications:
- Current student or recent graduate in a program in museum studies or related field
- Experience with object handling
- Basic to intermediate proficiency in Excel
- Effective communication skills
- Detail-oriented and thorough
- Ability to follow directions and ask questions as needed
Physical requirements of the job:
- Moderate physical activity is required with handling objects up 10 pounds regularly, 30 pounds frequently, and up to 50 pounds with assistance occasionally
- Occasionally working in storage spaces that are not climate controlled
- Crouching, bending over, moving around large objects to reach other objects
- Attention to detail with fine motor skills
- Comfort with occasionally handling dirty or rusty objects and working in dusty storage areas (PPE will be provided)
How to apply:ÌýSubmit anÌýinternship application, a cover letter, resume, and a letter of recommendation to the History Internships Coordinator, Dr. Phoebe Young (phoebe.young@colorado.edu). Cover letter should be saved as a PDF and must answer the following questions:
- What skills do you bring to this internship?
- How does this internship support your current historical interests & future goals?
- What do you hope to get out of the internship?
Interns will be expected to interview with Curator.
Application deadline:ÌýPriority deadline isÌýAugust 1, 2025;Ìýapplications accepted until the positions are filled.