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Internships

HIST 416: Internship is a pass/fail course that is offered every semester, including summer. Every student in the Public History concentration completes at least one internship. (Some students actually complete two.) Internships are available and useful for all History majors: HIST 416 fulfills the major’s experiential learning requirement, can replace an upper-level elective course, and/or provides students with real-world experiences working in a history-related profession. Internships also make great resume builders!

Roanoke College interns at the Virginia Museum of Transportation help lead public programs for museum visitors and school groups

Internship Placements

Here is a running list of internship sites that have hosted Roanoke College History students since 2016:

  • Salem Museum & Historical Society (Salem, Virginia)
  • The Center for Teaching the Rule of Law (Salem, Virginia)
  • The Center for Studying Structures of Race (Salem, Virginia)
  • O. Winston Link Museum (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • Historical Society of Western Virginia (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • The Taubman Museum of Art (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • Virginia Room, Roanoke Public Libraries – archives (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • Roanoke Public Libraries – children’s services (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • Virginia Museum of Transportation (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • Virginia Department of Historic Resources (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • Southwest Restoration, Inc. (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • The Grandin Film Lab (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • Carilion Clinic – archives (Roanoke, Virginia)
  • Vinton Historical Society & Museum (Vinton, Virginia)
  • The National D-Day Memorial (Bedford, Virginia)
  • Historic Fincastle, Inc. (Fincastle, Virginia)
  • Blacksburg History Museum & Cultural Center (Blacksburg, Virginia)
  • Bassett Historical Center (Bassett, Virginia)
  • Danville Museum of Fine Arts (Danville, Virginia)
  • National Sporting Library & Museum (Middleburg, Virginia)
  • Osborne Fletcher PLLC – law firm (Kentucky)
  • Gray Paleontology Museum (Tennessee)
  • The University of the South (Tennessee)
  • aSHEville Museum (North Carolina)
  • Mercer Museum (Pennsylvania)
  • Long Island Museum (New York)
  • Southern Food and Beverage Museum (Louisiana)
  • Bowman Museum (Oregon)

    Roanoke College interns at the Salem Museum are able to design their own exhibits

Students enrolled in the Washington Semester program have also completed internships at:

  • The National Archives
  • The Smithsonian institutions
  • Tudor Place Historic House & Garden
  • The U.S. Library of Congress
  • The Woodrow Wilson House

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