Unpaid Internship

Interns are selected by one of the museum's sixteen departments. On the application, applicants will indicate their top three departments of interest: Administration/Finance/Human Resources, Archives, Conservation and Scientific Research, Collections Management (Registrar), Curatorial, Design and Production, Education and Public Programs, Exhibition Management, Information Technology, Library, Membership and Development, Photography, Public Affairs and Marketing, Publications, Rights and Reproductions, and Museum Shops. Approximately twenty percent of applicants are accepted for internships during any one year. Internships range from one month to one year. The duration is based on arrangements made between the department and the intern. For information, email asiainternship@si.edu or call 202.633.0465.

DEADLINES: For each internship term, applications must be submitted electronically* by the following dates:
Winter/Spring term: November 15
Summer: March 15
Fall: July 15

How to apply
Applicants may register and submit an online application via the Smithsonian Online Academic Appointment system (SOLAA). Select "Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Internship Program" from the drop down program list.

Application materials required for FSG unpaid internships (all materials should be submitted electronically through SOLAA):

• • Online Application
• • Statement of Interest
• • Transcript or Resume
• • Two Recommendation Letters

*We prefer that applicants submit all application materials via the SOLAA system, but if specific circumstances prevent this, an application and accompanying materials may be printed out and mailed. Mailed materials must be postmarked by the deadlines noted above.

Address for regular mailing (U.S. Postal Service):
Intern Coordinator
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 707
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

Address for courier, FedEx, or UPS mailings:
Intern Coordinator
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Smithsonian Institution
1050 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C. 20560

Please Note: Applications may not be hand-delivered to the museum's information desks. While hand-delivered applications will not be rejected, it is the applicant's own responsibility to get it to the reception desk of the museum's adminsitrative offices on the second level of the Sackler. Because of limited security access, this may be difficult, so hand deliveries are discouraged. Applications delivered elsewhere in the museum may not be accepted.

The RICHARD Louie Memorial Internship
for Young People of Asian descent
The Richard Louie Memorial Internship Internship is not currently available. Please check back with us at a later date for new opportunities in 2009.

Internship in Chinese Painting Conservation
This is a five-month internship in the field of Chinese painting conservation. The intern will receive training in traditional Chinese painting conservation working under the guidance of specialists in the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research.
For more information please see the internship listing in the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research or send an email to dcsr@si.edu.

Smithsonian Internships
To learn about other Smithsonian internships, see intern.si.edu, or contact:

The Center for Museum Studies
Smithsonian Institution MRC 427
Washington, D.C., 20560
202-357-3102
Deadlines are February 15 (for summer), July 15 (for fall), and October 15 (for spring).

Paid Internships
For information about paid internships through the Minority Internship Program or the Native American Internship Program, visit the Office of Fellowships website or contact:

Office of Fellowships and Grants
955 L'Enfant Plaza, Suite 7000
Smithsonian Institution MRC 902
Washington, D.C., 20560
siofg@ofg.si.edu
(202) 287-3271