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Mystic Seaport Museum is seeking applicants for the 2024 New England Black and Indigenous Maritime Histories Summer Internship. This interdisciplinary internship engages with BIPOC (Black and Indigenous People of Color) maritime histories and contemporary communities through academic exploration and hands-on practice in public engagement, curation, and community conversations. The program benefits students with interest in museum careers as well as students who aspire to positions of leadership in community and responsibility in other fields such as education, business, government, and more.

Museum Interpretation 

Twice a week, interns will join the interpretation team for the Museum’s new exhibit, Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea. Opening in Spring 2024, Entwined re-weaves a narrative of Indigenous and African-descended maritime cultures whose histories are forever interwoven in the stories of freedom, sovereignty, and the sea. Interns will act as interpreters in Entwined, facilitating visitor conversations and educational experiences in the gallery, as well as develop skills in public engagement and historical interpretation.

Museum Collections and Curation 

Interns will also join the Museum’s Collections and Research team one and half days a week to work on collections management, research, or curatorial projects. Through these projects, interns will be able to directly work with historic and contemporary Belongings and collections, as well as develop skills in collections care and management, object handling, curatorial research and project development, and archival work.

Professional Development