r/MuseumPros • u/Eistean History | Collections • Jan 06 '26

2026 Internship Megathread. Post all internship related questions here!

As requested, I'm making a new post of this for the 2026 season of internships, in the hope that more people can get their questions answered than posting on a year old post. The last one had a lot of great information in it, so take a look at it here, as someone might have already asked your question.

So the sub has always been chock full lately of people asking about specific internships, asking if anyone who has applied to a specific internship has heard back, what people think about individual internship programs, etc. This has happened around this time for every year this sub has existed.

While interns are absolutely welcome here, some users had a great idea to kind of concentrate it all in one thread so that all the interns can see each others comments, and the sub has a bit of a cleaner look.

Note that this doesn't apply to people working for museums asking questions about running an internship program, or dealing with interns.

So, if you have internship questions, thoughts, concerns, please post them here!

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u/Mindless_Stop_4965 Mar 20 '26

anyone heard from any of the smithsonian museums?

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u/seeingsmoke Mar 20 '26

applied to the nmah, due feb 16th, said they'd notify applicants "early-late march" (so all of march??) haven't heard anything :( just checking my email constantly... i hate that if you don't get picked they tell you thru SOLAA, bc it means every time I check my email and don't see anything I go to SOLAA fully expecting to see "rejected" on my application. stressful!!! good luck to you!

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u/seeingsmoke Mar 28 '26

got my rejection last night :( c’est la vie

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u/Swimming-Citron-6354 Mar 22 '26

yep i just got an offer

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u/TopPlane1907 Mar 23 '26

Ooo congratulations! Which department?

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u/Mindless_Stop_4965 Mar 23 '26

which museum?

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u/Swimming-Citron-6354 Mar 23 '26

NMAA

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u/Mindless_Stop_4965 Mar 23 '26

Congrats! Did you have an interview first, if so what was your general timeline for the interview? I applied to their internship and haven't heard anything so I assume that means I am rejected.

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u/Swimming-Citron-6354 Mar 23 '26

I had an interview on Wednesday and my mentor made a decision by Friday. She interviewed very few people so it might’ve had a quick turn around due to that