Departments & Majors

The following are the departments offering internships in 2008. The number next to the department indicates the number of interns that are accepted into that department.


Business (1 position - Fall only)
Job description forthcoming.

Curatorial (1 position - Graduate student only)
The student intern in the Curatorial Department will research and write about baseball history and baseball artifacts to support the curatorial and exhibits programs at the Museum. A special focus will be the links between baseball and American social and cultural history. These aspects will include conducting primary and secondary research on the history and provenance of museum artifacts, researching the events of baseball history to find connections with American culture, and writing up the results of the findings. Other functions will include writing and editing exhibit labels, and researching and answering incoming correspondence.

Collections (2)
Each year, a different division of the three-dimensional museum collection is chosen as a primary focus for inventory, re-housing and condition reporting. On-going artifact based projects are also available in accordance with departmental needs and conservation recommendations.

Education (1)
The intern assists the Education and Public Programs Department with developing and implementing learning programs for school-age visitors and their families. These "family friendly" activities are generally for an audience between the ages of 3 and 12, although many generations often participate. Must be adept at, or exhibit a learning enthusiasm for, giving presentations, speaking publicly and evaluating program results. As such, approximately half of the intern's time is devoted to education and curriculum projects, with the other half designated for participation in public programs.

This position requires energy, zeal, creativity and eagerness to work with families in a fun, interactive manner. The ideal candidate will offer experience in teaching, drama or historical interpretation.

Group Sales (1)
The group sales intern will assist in all aspects of the Museum's group sales department. Day to day responsibilities include booking group visits to the Museum, entering reservations into our ticketing system and sending confirmation and follow-up packets. As groups arrive at the Museum, the group sales intern will greet them, direct them to parking and help them orient to the Museum.

Information Systems (1)
The intern will contribute to the daily operations of the Information Systems department. Duties will include but are not limited to Desktop troubleshooting and analysis, server and network support, backup support for IS staff, special event support and special technology projects. Qualified candidates should possess knowledge of Access, MySQL, Macintosh, PC's servers and Microsoft software. Candidates should also be enthusiastic and committed to excellent customer service.

Library-Research (2)
Interns work in the public service area of the Giamatti Reference Center. They staff the reference desk along with library staff, and they work on in-depth research requests which involve searching for, contextualizing, copying, and delivering documents and information to library users.

Library-Recorded Media (1)
Assist with processing, arranging, and describing of archival and library materials, adhering to national and local standards. Assist with making preservation copies of recorded media materials. Assist with filling customer requests.

Library-Technical Services (1)
The archival intern will assist with processing, arranging, and describing of archival and library materials, adhering to national and local standards. Possible projects include re-housing collections using Re:discovery and identifying each piece, make additional notes in regard to conservation, content and artist, cataloging scrapbooks, surveying and accessing collections for deaccessioning.

Multi-Media (1)
The multi-media intern assists with all facets of the department. Projects include video review of summer for all interns, updating exhibit videos, assist in video production projects and special Museum events.

Membership (4)
The membership interns are part of the sales department, helping to bolster enrollment in the Hall of Fame membership program. Working face to face and over the phone, they practice salesmanship and learn about the department's business practices and marketing initiatives. The interns develop business etiquette and gain hands on experience in a fast-paced, goal oriented environment.

Museum Programs (3)
The Museum Programs interns will be responsible for implementing programs for visitors. Must be adept at, or exhibit a learning enthusiasm for, giving presentations, speaking publicly and evaluating program results. This position requires energy, zeal, creativity and eagerness to work with families in a fun, interactive manner. The ideal candidate will offer experience in teaching, drama or historical interpretation. Majors in history, drama, speech communication, museum studies or education preferred.

Photo Archives (1)
The photo archives intern contributes to the daily operations of the Photo Archives in the capacity of photo research, photo sales, photo collection processing, photo preservation and conservation, and all other duties associated with the archives.

Public Relations (1)
Assist Communications Department with daily responsibilities, including writing for various mediums, production for publications, media relations, baseball research and other duties as assigned. Candidate must possess some or all of the following qualities: enjoyment of baseball, high energy level, flexible disposition, reliability, good writing and organizational skills, basic computer proficiency. Responsibilities include: general office duties, data entry, contributing to the production of internal newsletter as well as external publications, maintaining and organizing PR photo library, assisting in daily programming endeavors, developing and constructing press kits, assisting in baseball research, daily media relations and special event management.

Publications (1)
Responsibilities include: writing and editing for magazine and other publications projects; archiving and maintaining photo database; distributing images to clubs and organizations; compiling content for use by clubs; assisting with advertising and fulfillment.

Special Events (1)
The Special Events Intern actively assists the Director of Special Events with the planning and implementation of The Baseball Hall of Fame's biggest weekend; the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony and its surrounding VIP events for all returning Hall of Famers, newest electees and special guests. The intern will handle the responses of the invitations to all events, offering input on the weekend menu to working with the inductee parties themselves, the intern handles marketing and administrative duties in helping plan a major event, learning firsthand by working closely with senior staff.