The goal of the internship experience is to expose a student to as many aspects of the day-to-day operation of a museum as can realistically occur in a short period of time. The experience can be focused in one division of the museum or can be a series of experiences in various departments of the institution. The idea is to merge the student's academic training with practical experience to prepare them for entry into the profession.  As it is the student's responsibility to obtain the internship, the following is a collection of internship providers and testimonies to guide your search for the right internship.

• Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum

• Art Reach of Mid-Michigan

• A.R.K. (Association to Rescue Kritters)

• Big Sable Point Lighthouse
  

• Chippewa Nature Center

• Clarke Historical Library--Mount Pleasant, Michigan

• Detroit Institute of Arts

• Detroit Zoological Society

• Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences

• Forest Hill Nature Area

• Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum

• Gladwin County Historical Society

• Grand Rapids Children's Museum

• Great Lakes Navel Memorial and Museum

• Hartley Outdoor Education Center

• Historic White Pine Village

• Historical Society of Saginaw County

• Ionia Free Fair

• Lansing Art Gallery

• Ludington State Park

• Michigan Historical Museum

• Michigan Maritime Museum

• Michigan State University Museum

• Montcalm Community College

• Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

• NBC

• NYU School of Medicine 

• Royal Oak Historical Society Museum

• Sanilac Petroglyphs--Bad Axe

• Shepherd Area Historical Society Museum

• The Navel Heritage and History Command

• The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan

• The Toledo Museum of Art

• Tri-Cities Historical Museum

• University Art Gallery (CMU)

• Wexford County Historical Museum

Current and former Museum Studies students, please share your experience with future MST students!  Please complete this  short questionnaire and return it to cmuseum@cmich.edu or fax to (989)774-2612.