Student Historian Internship, Summer 2025

Description

Student Historians are high school-aged interns who use the resources of The New York Historical to conduct in-depth research and share their scholarship through the production of creative digital projects that serve as public educational resources. Interns meet with professional staff to learn about the museum, library, digital humanities, and history fields; and work collaboratively with fellow students to develop their historical thinking, communication and digital media skills. The program involves substantial research and writing, allowing interns to deepen their understanding of American history and the digital humanities through academically rigorous, hands-on work. The historical theme of the internship is Our Composite Nation: Frederick Douglass’ America.

All interns will receive a $700 stipend upon successful completion of the internship. Participation in this program can be used to fulfill the extracurricular requirement for the NYSED Seal of Civic Readiness. We accept 25 interns per cohort. This internship takes place in person at The New York Historical.

Program Dates: July 8, 2025 - August 14, 2025, meeting every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10:00am-4:00pm

Qualifications

• Applicants must be entering grades 10, 11, or 12.
• Applicants must live in and attend school in the New York City metro area (includes the five boroughs of New York City, as well as areas of New York State, Connecticut, and New Jersey).
• Applicants must have parent/guardian consent to apply for this program.
• If accepted, interns must have a valid employment certificate (“working papers”) by the start of the program. For more information about obtaining working papers, visit here.

Application Instructions

Click "Apply Now" and create a free Interfolio account to access the application for the Student Historian Internship. 

• Step 1: In the personal information section, select "I prefer not to disclose my educational information"
• Step 2: Fill out the application form. Use this application guide to help you fill out the application!
• Step 3: Review your application and submit before the deadline of March 30th, 2025 at 11:59pm.

Questions? Contact teens@nyhistory.org

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

N-YHS is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and organizational needs, and not on race, color, alienage or citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion or creed, physical or mental disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, reproductive health choices, marital status, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, height, weight, or any other factor protected by law.

These policies apply to all areas of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, discipline, termination, layoff, compensation, benefits and all other conditions and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Management is primarily responsible for seeing that N-YHS’s equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, but all members of the staff share in the responsibility for assuring that the policies are effective and apply uniformly to everyone.