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Additional Smithsonian Internship Programs

American Indian Program
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC

Internships are available for Indian community members, and college students studying anthropology, history or Indian studies. These internships depend on available funds, program needs and the applicant’s interests.
Contact: JoAllyn Archambault
Phone: 202-357-4760
Email: archambault@nmnh.si.edu

Arctic Studies Center
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
Anchorage, AK & Washington, DC

These internships are for undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of anthropology, Alaska Native studies and history are available in Anchorage, Alaska, and Washington, D.C.
Phone: 907-343-6159
Website: http://www.si.edu/arctic/html/about_internship.html

National Museum of the American Indian
Conservation Department Internships
Suitland, MD

A twelve-month internship with stipend, designed for either a pre-conservation program level student interested in pursuing conservation as a profession, or for an advanced level student from a recognized conservation program, is available through the NMAI Conservation Department. Ten-week internships are also available.
Contact: Head of Conservation
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian
Cultural Resources Center
4220 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746-2863
Phone: 301-238-1415
Email: mkaminitz@si.edu

Smithsonian Office of Fellowships
Washington, DC

The Office of Fellowships offers programs with stipends targeting American Indian and Alaska Native students as well as community scholars, and also has a program targeting minority undergraduate and graduate students.
Contact: Office of Fellowships and Grants
750 9th Street, NW, Suite 9300
Washington DC 20560-0902
Phone: 202-275-0655
Website: www.si.edu/research+study (scroll to Native American Awards Program or Minority Internship Program)
Email: pehudson@si.edu

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Washington, DC

The office serves as a clearing house for Smithsonian internships and places applicants in positions throughout the Smithsonian, including the NMAI. Most placements do not include a stipend.
Contact: SCEMS
Internship Services
PO Box 37012
Washington DC 20013-7012
Website: www.scems.si.edu