Archaeology and Anthropology Internships

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We encourage every student to do an internship so they can get hands-on work experience and make important career connections.

We successfully help students get internships at institutions around Evansville and across the nation.

Local internship opportunities include:

  • Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc.
    One of the country’s leading full-service cultural resource consulting firms. Interns work in their lab and help with field survey and excavation projects when possible.
  • Reitz Home Museum
    Evansville’s only Victorian House Museum. Interns work behind the scenes handling historic artifacts as well as give tours of the house to the public.
  • Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science
    The museum offers permanent and changing exhibits as well as educational and family programs throughout the year. Interns work behind the scenes helping to catalog artifacts and art, prepare exhibits, and conduct educational programs.
  • Angel Mounds State Museum Historic Site
    One of the best-preserved, pre-contact Native American sites in North America. Today the 600-acre site comprises earthen mounds, recreations of Mississippian buildings, and an interpretive center. Interns help out in the interpretive center, interact with school groups, and assist the staff during public events.
  • Evansville African American Museum
    Located in the last remaining building of Lincoln Gardens, the second Federal Housing Project created under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1938, the museum is a resource and cultural center which collects, preserves, and educates the public on the history and traditions of African American families, organizations, and communities. Interns work behind the scenes helping to catalog artifacts and prepare exhibits.
  • Koch Family Children’s Museum
    The museum features three floors of exhibits and activities that provide sensory experiences and engaging educational content. Interns work to help create and conduct activities for visitors.
  • Willard Library
    The library houses a trove of local archives and genealogical materials, in addition to its collection of standard publications. Interns work closely with the archivist to catalog and conserve photos and documents.

A sample of where students have done internships outside of Evansville:

  • Black American West Museum (CO)
  • Blanton Museum of Art (TX)
  • Center for American Archaeology (IL)
  • Children’s Discovery Museum (IL)
  • Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
  • Customs House Museum and Cultural Center (TN)
  • Dubois County Museum (IN)
  • Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago)
  • Fort Collins Museum of Discovery (CO)
  • Fred Jones Museum of Art (OK)
  • George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (IN)
  • George Washington’s Mt. Vernon (VA)
  • Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology at IU
  • Indianapolis Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
  • Indiana State Fair
  • James Madison’s Montpelier (VA)
  • Kinsey Institute of Research in Sex, Gender, & Reproduction at IU
  • Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences (IL)
  • LBJ Presidential Library (TX)
  • Missouri Department of Transportation Historic Preservation Section
  • Missouri History Museum (St. Louis)
  • Molly Brown House Museum (CO)
  • Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
  • Nappanee Public Library (IN)
  • Newburgh Museum (IN)
  • New Harmony State Historic Site (IN)
  • New Orleans Museum of Art
  • Palm Beach County Archaeology Office (FL)
  • Reading Public Museum (PA)
  • Sid Richardson Museum (TX)
  • Strawbery Banke Museum (NH)
  • Walt Disney World (FL)