Internships with Stipend
The Indian Arts Research Center annually offers paid nine-month internships to Native individuals who are recent college graduates, current graduate students, or junior museum professionals interested in furthering their collections management experience and enhancing their intellectual capacity for contributing to the expanding field and discourse of museum studies. The internship includes a $2200 monthly stipend, housing, book allowance, travel to one professional conference, and reimbursable travel to and from SAR.
Harvey W. Branigar, Jr. and Anne Ray Native Internships
In 1995, the Harvey W. Branigar, Jr. Native Fellowship was created in order to support Native individuals in pursuit of a museum or cultural center career. From 1995–2001, the Indian Arts Research Center was pleased to provide six nine-month long internships to a wide array of young men and women, eager to pursue their goals.
In 2008, the IARC proudly reintroduced the Harvey W. Branigar Native Fellowship as the Harvey W. Branigar Native Internship. Revamped as a comprehensive internship that allows Native individuals to equally pursue museum and academic work, the Branigar internship seeks to provide a strong background to advanced students interested in pursuing museum training and stimulating academic intellectual thought. This internship is made possible with the generous support of the BF Foundation.
In 2009, the IARC introduced a second internship, the Anne Ray Native Internship. Serving the same purpose as the Branigar internship, this allows the IARC to train not one, but two young professionals in the field of museum work and research. This internship is made possible with the generous support of the Anne Ray Charitable Trust.
Today, interns spend half their time working on collections/registration projects and half of their time working on academic/programming projects. Interns will also have the opportunity to work with and be advised by the annual Anne Ray Native Resident Scholar.
For more information, download the Harvey W. Branigar, Jr. and Ann Ray Native Internships application. (PDF file, 336KB)
Internships for Credit
Internships are available for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students interested in anthropology, art history, history, museum studies, or a related field. Internships last a minimum of one semester (20 weeks) and are appropriately designed to suit the education and maturity level of the student. Internships are geared toward practical experience and maximizing job market viability in the museum field.
The IARC encourages interns to work with the IARC collections on individual projects based on their academic or professional interests. Depending on interest, interns may work on projects relating to collections handling and cataloguing, community outreach/programs development, or academic research. While these internships are unpaid, the IARC can work with the student’s school or university department to establish academic credit.
Intern minimum and maximum allowable time commitments are as follows:
| High School | 3–8 hours per week (recommended 4 hours) |
| Undergraduate | 4–20 hours per week (recommended 8 hours) |
| Graduate | 4–40 hours per week (recommended 12 hours) |
For more information, download the Internship for school credit application. (PDF file, 185KB)
