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Throughout the year, students are provided myriad opportunities to develop their knowledge of the decorative arts and define their professional skills as interns in virtually all realms of the decorative arts. Opportunities abound in museums, galleries, auction houses and private institutions in the greater Washington DC area and beyond. In addition, students are afforded unprecedented access to work with the collections of the Federal Consortium, including The White House, The U.S. Department of the Treasury, The U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Reception Rooms and Blair House.

MUSEUMS

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

Cheltenham Art Gallery, Cotswolds, England

Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
• Glass and Ceramics

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, NYC

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

DAR Museum, Washington DC
• Costume

Division of Architectural History & Historic Preservation, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
• Registrar

Georgia Museum, Athens, GA
• Decorative Arts

Greenbelt Museum, Greenbelt, MD

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
• Registrar

Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA

Horticultural Division, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

Manassas Museum, Manassas, VA
• Collections Management

Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY American Decorative Arts

Mint Museums, Charlotte, NC
• Decorative Arts

Museum of Arts & Design, NY, NY

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• European Decorative Arts & Sculpture

Museum of Fine Arts, Rienzi Collection,
Houston, TX
• European Decorative Arts

Museum of International Folk Art,
Santa Fe, NM
• American Craft

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
• Public Affairs

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
• Textiles, Costume, Social History, New Media Program

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
• Prints and Drawings, Painting & Sculpture, Photography

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
• American Decorative Arts

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
• Metals

Shelburne Museum, Shelburne VT

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
• Photography Collection; Advanced Level Internship

Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education, Suitland, MD

Smithsonian Folklife Center, Washington DC
• Collections Management

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington DC
• Legal Affairs

The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
• Decorative Arts

Winterthur Museum and Garden, Winterthur, DE
• Textiles

The Wolfsonian-Florida International Museum, Miami, FL


HOUSE MUSEUMS

Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown, VA

The Cosmos Club, Washington DC

Decatur House Museum, Washington DC

Drayton Hall, Charleston, SC

Gadsby’s Tavern, Alexandria, VA

George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, VA

Gunston Hall Plantation, Gunston Hall, VA

Hampton National Historic Site, Towson MD

Kendrick Museum, Sheridan, WY

Lee-Fendall House, Alexandria, VA

Lost Towns of Anne Arundel Project, Annapolis, MD
• Archaeology/Ceramics

Meridien House, Washington DC

Tudor Place, Washington DC

Woodlawn Plantation, Mount Vernon, VA

Woodrow Wilson House, Washington DC


FEDERAL CONSORTIUM

Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Office of the President of the United States, Washington DC

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington DC

U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Washington DC

U.S. Department of State, Blair House, Washington DC

The White House, Washington DC


LIBRARIES

Folger Shakespeare Library,
Washington DC

Library of Congress, Washington DC


ART & DESIGN MARKET

Con | struct, Seattle, WA

Hidden Treasure Appraisals, Alexandria, VA

Jeweler’s Werk Galerie, Washington DC

Maureen Littleton Gallery, Washington DC

Material ConneXion, NYC

O’Toole-Ewald Art Associates, Inc., NYC

Sansar Gallery, Bethesda, MD

Sloans & Kenyon Auction House, Bethesda, MD

Sotheby’s Auction House, NYC

Sumpter Priddy III, Inc., Alexandria, VA