Interns work at local elementary or high schools (for example, Swift
Elementary or Sullivan High School) and engage in such tasks as tutoring
students in history or helping with their history fairs. Loyola's
School of Education helps set up these internships.
The Field Museum is one of the most important museums in the Chicago
area. It was founded to house the biological and anthropological collections
assembled for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. These objects
form the core of the Museum's collections which have grown through
world-wide expeditions, exchange, purchase, and gifts to more than
twenty million specimens. The Museum's curatorial and scientific staff
in the departments of Anthropology, Biology, Geology, and Zoology
conducts basic research in the fields of systematic biology and anthropology,
and also has responsibility for collections management, and collaboration
in public programs with the Departments of Education and Exhibits.
Since its founding the Field Museum has been an international leader
in evolutionary biology and paleontology, and archaeology. It has
internships primarily in the Anthropology Department. Loyola students
in the past have helped catalog and research the classical archeology
and Mesopotamian collections. They are very interested in having more
Loyola interns.
The First Division Museum at Cantigny is dedicated to American military
history, specifically the history of the Big Red One, which is the
famed 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army. The museum
is located on the Wheaton, Illinois estate of the late Colonel Robert
R. McCormick. Its 38,000 square foot facility includes 10,000 square
feet of state of the art interactive and experiential exhibits. The
museum has a wide variety of exhibits ranging from life-size dioramas
to tanks and artillery pieces found in the military park. It has numerous
internship possibilities, which include:
Help organize/execute special events at the museum
Shedd Aquarium
Opened to the public in 1930 on Chicago's Museum campus, the Shedd
Aquarium features permanent exhibits on Waters of the World (seahorses
and river otters), Caribbean Reef (sea turtles, rays and colorful
varieties of fish), Amazon Rising (anacondas and piranhas), Wild
Reef (sharks), and a huge Oceanarium (dolphins and beluga whales).
At Shedd, animals connect you to the real world, inspiring you to
make a difference. Recently, Shedd has joined other institutions
in a campaign to protect the resources that the Great Lakes represent.
Interns may volunteer for Floor Programs, Education, Marine Mammal
Husbandry, the Oceanarium, Aquarium Collections Husbandry, and Special
Events. Volunteer opportunities also exist for divers who must
be at least 21 years old. Information is available on the web
site at Shedd's Information
Booth.
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College, the only
museum in the Chicago-area that focuses exclusively on the history,
culture and arts of North American native peoples. The Museum's collections
range from the Paleo-Indian period through the present day. Permanent
exhibitions depict the Native American cultures of the Woodlands,
Plains, Southwest, Northwest Coast and Arctic. Two temporary exhibit
galleries have special thematic shows that change two times a year.
Interns would develop a project that would fit with the museum's needs
and their own interests.
National Student Partnerships (NSP)
National Student Partnerships (NSP) is the nation's only year-round,
student-led volunteer service organization that links people in need
with the resources and opportunities necessary to become self-sufficient.
Founded by college undergraduates in 1998, NSP operates a national
network of drop-in resource centers, staffed by student volunteers
from area colleges and universities. Working one-on-one with low-income
community members (clients), NSP volunteers provide intensive on-site
and referral services, which enable clients to achieve their goals.
Interns may choose to focus on client service, client and community
outreach, research and analysis of client and community needs and
resources, communication.
Edgewater Historical Society
The Edgewater Historical Society was founded in January of 1988
to involve the Edgewater community in the preservation of its history.
The impetus to form the Society was the 1986 celebration of the
Edgewater Centennial, during which the Edgewater Community Council
conducted an oral history project. From that project grew a great
interest in researching and documenting neighborhood streets and
structures. The Edgewater Historical Society operates the Museum
located in the converted firehouse at 5358 N. Ashland Ave. and conducts
Home Tours and Walking Tours throughout the year. We are open currently
only on Saturdays from 1pm to 4pm. We also open the museum for special
events (like Art Shows, Speakers, Meetings, Classes, etc.).
We want to keep the museum open on Sundays as well, for the coming
year. This will take more resources than we currently have and it
would be good to have someone help us there.
We could use help in research and putting up of exhibits and displays.
We want someone to help with oral history to get the recording
of information for our files.
We have to have someone that could use our "Past Perfect" computer
software that we have for storage of our collections information.
We are looking to organize and categorize our office and kitchen
supplies and may need help there.
Skills required could range from history, art, computer skills,
office management, research, photographer, etc.
The Swedish-American Museum
The Museum Center is located at 5211 North Clark in Andersonville,
a traditionally Swedish area of Chicago's north side. The mission
of the Museum is to preserve and present the Swedish American heritage
in the United States for the education and enjoyment of all ages and
ethnic background. Each year more than 40,000 visitors enjoy the many
programs that include special exhibits, Swedish language classes,
crafts, genealogy classes, folk dancing, concerts, lectures, films,
and the interactive Children's Museum of Immigration. The Children's
Museum is looking for education docents to staff the museum, lead
tours, and learn to role play. Interns can also be given a special
project to focus on (for instance, writing descriptions of artifacts).
Applicants should submit a resume and a short paragraph on why they
are interested in an internship.
Glessner House (near Downtown Chicago)
Built in1885, the Glessner house was a radical departure from traditional
residential design. Nestled inside the fortress-like, rusticated
granite exterior is an oak-paneled English Arts and Crafts interior
and a charming central courtyard. The stories that live within the
walls of Glessner House tell the tale of Chicago in an era that,
more than any other, shaped urban America -- the family life and
fashion trends, masters and servants, high culture and crass consumerism,
intellectual achievements and industrial brawn. The spirit of the
Gilded Age lives in Glessner House and visitors not only learn its
cultural history, they experience the ambiance of this bygone world.
Glessner House Museum has over 6,000 artifacts, most of which are
original to the Glessner family. In addition to Aesthetic Movement
and English Arts and Crafts Movement furniture, the collection includes
a large number of ceramic vases and tiles, Art Nouveau glass, silver
and other decorative objects.
Staff works closely with the students to determine internship objectives
and to set project priorities. They provide interns with knowledge
and training they can take with them into their careers, placing
each student into a working environment where each becomes part
of the GHM team.
Newberry Library
The Newberry Library is an independent research library concentrating
in the humanities with an active educational and cultural presence
in Chicago. Free and open to the public, it houses an extensive non-circulating
collection of rare books, maps, and manuscripts. It has various internship
opportunities, including
Library intern: Various opportunities are available for students
seeking experience in a research library. The Library Intern will
be assigned to projects in different areas of specialization as
described below.
Local and family history: Working with the Curator of Local
and Family History, interns will gain experience in collection development,
reference, and outreach by checking Newberry holdings against dealer/publisher
catalogs and published bibliographies, answering reference correspondence,
and creating pathfinders. Send cover letter and résumé to Curator
of Local and Family History, The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton
Street, Chicago, IL 60610. Fax (312) 255-3658.
Maps: Interns will work with the Library's collection of
antiquarian maps to convert card catalog records into electronic
format, variously involving classification, preliminary cataloging,
and brieflisting under the supervision of the Curator of Maps and
Map Cataloger. Interest in history, geography and maps, and familiarity
with spreadsheet or bibliographic programs desirable but not neccessary.
Send cover letter and résumé to Patrick Morris, Map Cataloger and
Reference Librarian, The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street,
Chicago, IL 60610. Fax (312) 255-3646.
Photoduplication: Interns, supervised by the Photoduplication
Manager, will work closely with the library's photographer to produce
and catalog copy-stand photography of images in the Newberry's collections.
Some knowledge of photographic and darkroom techniques desirable
but not required. Send cover letter and résumé to John Powell, Photoduplication
Manager, The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL
60610. Fax (312) 255-3513.
QUALIFICATIONS: Two years of college with strong interest
in the humanities preferred. Library work experience desirable.
Ability to maintain close attention to detail.
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL CHICAGO)
The Japanese American
Citizens League is a national organization whose ongoing mission
is to secure and maintain the civil rights of Japanese Americans
and all others who are victimized by injustice and prejudice. The
leaders and members of the JACL also work to promote cultural, educational
and social values and preserve the heritage and legacy of the Japanese
American community. In recent years, the Chapter has assisted the
work of Midwest Director Bill Yoshino on major hate crime cases
in the Chicago area. Over the past six years, the Chapter has also
conducted teacher training workshops at Northwestern University,
Northeastern Illinois University and New Trier High School.
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