Museum Internship Bursaries

The Society is pleased to invite applications for its 2012 Museum Internship Bursaries.  The internships may be held at the following museums:

• British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals
 
• British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome
 
• Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
 
• Great North Museum, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
 
• The Manchester Museum
 
• National Museum Cardiff
 

The dates of the internships at the British Museum, Fitzwilliam and Great North Museum may be determined in consultation with the Museum.  

Further details and dates of the placement in Cardiff may be downloaded here.

All Undergraduate and MA students are eligible to apply. 

Up to eight bursaries of £250 will be offered as a contribution towards travel or living expenses. 

Candidates should apply by letter setting out their reasons for wishing to undertake an internship and outlining any previous experience of working in a museum.  You should also provide the name and email address of a referee.  You may specify the Museum you would prefer to be based at, or submit an open application. 

Letters of application should be addressed to the Secretary, Dr Fiona Haarer, and sent by email by 31^st May, 2012 to: office@romansociety.org 

The Society received 96 applications for the 2011 Museum Internship Scheme and awarded seven bursaries.  The internships were held at the following museums:

• British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals
• British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome, working on the Pompeii exhibition
• Great North Museum, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, holding an Archaeological Curatorial Training Placement (25^th July – 19^th August)

The successful candidates were:

Jason Lundock (Dept of Coins & Medals, British Museum)

Vanessa Baldwin and Rachel Greenberg (Dept of Greece & Rome, British Museum)

Emma Morris and Ghislaine van der Ploeg (Great North Museum)

Elizabeth Hertogs and Katie Vernon (National Museum of Wales)

Read reports from this year's interns below:

Rachel Greenberg

Jason Lundock

Emma Morris

Ghislaine van der Ploeg

Katie Vernon

The Roman Society is pleased to announce that in 2010 three bursaries for Museum Internships were awarded.

The recipients were Natalie Price and Bin Han (Ashmolean) and Rose Hodkinson (Fitzwilliam).

Read Rose's report of her internship at the Fitzwilliam.