Smithsonian Women’s History Internship Program 2026 (Stipend available) – YOA

Deadline: February 12, 2026

Applications are open for the Smithsonian Women’s History Internship Program 2026. The Women’s History Internship program gives paid internships that amplify ladies’s tales to inform a extra full American historical past, attain a various viewers, and empower and encourage individuals from all walks of life. The 2026 Women’s History Internship Program will happen from June 8 to August 7, 2026, in Washington, DC.

In 2026, they are going to host 4 interns for the next initiatives:

• Advancement Operations: Intern with the operations staff and find out about all of the assist work executed in Advancement.
• Communications Program: “Beyond Notable” Communications Internship: The “Beyond Notable” internship gives a novel OPPORTUNITY to make ladies’s historical past extra accessible and discoverable on-line. Interns will work with a curated record of traditionally vital ladies who lack satisfactory digital illustration, conducting authentic analysis and crafting compelling weblog articles that convey these tales to mild.
• Digital Program: As part of the Learning and Public Engagement staff, the Digital Community Engagement Internship gives the possibility to design modern applications that empower, excite, and educate audiences in every single place about the way forward for ladies’s historical past.
• Museum Administration: Gain a novel perspective of the analysis, planning, and administration efforts that go into constructing a museum’s operational infrastructure. This internship offers a novel perspective on the analysis, planning, and administration efforts that construct a museum’s operational infrastructure. Interns will find out how funding, staffing, coverage compliance, know-how methods, and asset administration intersect to make sure we keep the general public’s belief.

Benefits

• Interns will obtain a $1,200 weekly stipend and reimbursement for journey to and from Washington, DC.

Eligibility

• Open to present U.S. faculty college students or latest faculty graduates (inside 12 months of June 2026) who’re at the least 18 years outdated.
• They welcome candidates from various backgrounds, nontraditional learners, and people in each 4-yr and group faculty applications.
• Applicants should have a GPA of three.0 or larger.  

Application

The application interval opens January 12, 2026, and closes February 12, 2026, at 5 p.m. ET OR when 200 purposes have been acquired, whichever comes first.  

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For extra info, go to Smithsonian Women’s History Internship.