Looking For Internship Opportunities?
The Campbell House Museum works in cooperation with colleges and universities to promote education in history, art history, museum studies and other programs. Campbell House interns have gone on the find jobs in museums around the country. A few have even found employment at Campbell House!
Interns may be assigned to focus on a particular facet of the Museum, such as…
- Collections
- Development
- Research
- Educational Programming
- Promotions
- And, more!
However, a broad range of activities will be part of the experience, and the student will receive exposure to various contacts in the cultural institutions industry in St. Louis. As a result, the intern will be better prepared for the “real world” of work.
In recent years interns have worked on projects as diverse as helping establish the Museum’s PastPerfect collection database, a GIS project mapping the Campbell’s Lucas Place neighborhood, research into Robert Campbell’s involvement in the 1851 Fort Laramie treaty and the short-lived U.S. Indian Commission and identification of the Campbell’s art collection.
Internships are generally not paid but are available for course credit. For more information, work with your school adviser and please contact the Museum.
Past Internships - In Their Own Words
I had a lovely time and a fun experience interning at the Campbell House Museum this summer! It was pretty neat to learn about the Campbell family and the home through the objects and stories that were left behind. Here, I was able to have hands-on experience with the home’s collection of artifacts and documents, learn how to use the Past Perfect software, guide visitors through tours, and see what it is like to work at a smaller museum. Here you are able to get a taste of every aspect of running a museum, and you get to meet a group of very nice staff and docents who are highly passionate and heavily devoted to history and the home. My experience here made me realize that I would like to pursue a career in museum studies, and I hope to use the knowledge and experience I gained to work at a museum in the future. I would highly recommend interning at the Campbell House!
- Ariana G.
Working at the Campbell House Museum was an experience I will never forget. I am so thankful for all the memories I made through research and giving tours. I was about to learn so much about not only the history of the time and the family but myself and my future working with history. I am so thankful for what the semester brought to my life.
