Mitchell House Historic Museum Internship

For College Students

The Mitchell House, a historic house museum, is pleased to announce the availability of one internship for the summer of 2025. This is a unique opportunity for those interested in a hands-on experience in the daily activities and running of a historic house museum. The Mitchell House has been a museum since 1903 and is one of the first historic house museums in the United States established to honor a woman.


This internship is for those majoring in or who have a career interest in history, art history, museum studies, historic preservation or the conservation and restoration of decorative and fine arts. The Maria Mitchell Association is a non-profit museum that includes a natural science library and archives, natural science museum, three observatories, an astronomy department, and the Mitchell House. Established in 1902, the Maria Mitchell Association honors the legacy of Maria Mitchell, America’s first woman astronomer and Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at Vassar College. Today, the Association continues Maria Mitchell’s legacy through educational programming, its museums, and research.

The deadline for Mitchell House Historic Museum Internship applications was March 1, 2025.

Please check back next year for 2026 internship opportunities.


Completed applications consist of a resume, cover letter, and the Mitchell House Internship application.

  • Responsibilities and Tasks

    Duties Include:

    • Provide guided tours of the museum for public


    • Teach children’s history camp


    • Participate in conservation and cleaning projects, as well as on-going accessioning program for historic collections


    • Develop and facilitate research projects

  • Key Requirements and Qualifications

    The Ideal Candidate Will:


    • Have at least two years of college experience


    • Be a history or art history major or in a related field


    • Have an interest or experience in working in museums, with historic collections or related fields


    • Have experience working with the public and children and experience providing tours


    • Have Child/Infant CPR and Basic First Aid Certifications


  • Compensation and Duration

    • This is a paid internship.


    • The MMA has dormitory-style housing available for interns to rent. Housing is located within walking distance to the town center and is a short bike ride to beautiful beaches, hiking trials, museums, and other great locations. If you live on campus, you will be expected to attend and participate all dorm cleaning days as part of your housing agreement. Please note that the dorm rooms are shared. Interns are not required to live in MMA provided housing, however, as Nantucket’s housing availability is notoriously limited and often expensive, we require our interns to provide proof of alternative housing before their internship begins.


    • This internship runs approximately from May 27, 2025 through August 24, 2025, with a required arrival date of May 26, 2025, for training and orientation.

  • Application Process

    To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and the Mitchell House Internship application to the address listed below by March 1, 2025. 


    Additionally, please arrange to have three letters of recommendation and an official transcript from all colleges and universities attended sent directly to the address listed by March 1, 2025.  


    Questions?

    Contact:Jascin Leonardo Finger 

    Email: jfinger@mariamitchell.org

    Phone: (508) 228-9198 ext. 108


    Attn: Ms. Jascin N. Leonardo Finger

    Curator Mitchell House, Maria Mitchell Association

    4 Vestal Street, Nantucket, MA 02554                

                        

    The Maria Mitchell Association is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.