GBH Archives Internship - Summer 2026 (AAPB Exhibit Curator)

GBH • Boston, MA

4d • $17 - $17 • Hybrid

About The Position

GBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives. At GBH, we believe in the advantages of coming together to build community, mentor and learn from colleagues, and connect more deeply with our mission. As a result, the majority of our staff are hybrid and work both from home and onsite. Our current hybrid approach requires staff to work onsite a minimum of two days each week, every Tuesday and Wednesday, Hybrid staff are also welcome to come in additional days each week or may be asked to come in on other days by their manager. DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW The GBH Archives catalogs, tracks, organizes, and preserves the media used to create GBH productions. The GBH Archives holds physical and digital media and paper records, including materials that need to be retained for production, legal, financial, historical, or administrative purposes. GBH Archives also collaborates with the Library of Congress to coordinate the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a national effort to preserve and make accessible historically significant public radio and television programming that has aired over the past 70+ years. POSITION OVERVIEW The GBH Archives is offering a part-time paid internship for a student in an accredited master’s degree program. This internship will be fully remote. The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and GBH Boston to preserve and make accessible public television and radio programs from the past 70+ years. The AAPB website ( americanarchive.org ) includes online exhibits exploring how public broadcasting has covered a range of topics. The intern will create a new exhibit in consultation with the AAPB’s Media Historian and Curator that relates to public broadcasting’s coverage of or relationship to a topic of the intern’s choosing. Topics may include but are not limited to: Public broadcasting and the history of experimental media / video art Public media coverage of industries impacting public health (drawing on resources from the Industry Documents Library ( https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/home/ ) Public media and its relationship to any aspect of Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, or marginalized American communities and cultures The role of public media in social and political movements or historical events The intern will work with the Media Historian and members of the AAPB team to identify a topic, select relevant AAPB records for inclusion, draft an exhibit narrative and section narratives, and supply images and other ancillary exhibit materials. Instruction and mentorship will be provided. The intern will be encouraged to explore innovative ways of structuring their exhibit to make it informative and engaging. They will gain skills researching, organizing, describing, and displaying audiovisual programs representing our nation’s diverse cultural heritage. Applicants must provide a short cover letter explaining their interest in digital exhibit curation. If applicable, letters should note interest and experience with U.S. history; media history; museums, libraries, and archives; and working with online audiovisual materials. Applicants must be willing to work a minimum of 15 hours per week, between the hours of 9am and 5pm, Monday through Friday. Regular working hours will be chosen by the intern and their manager.

Requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing
• Ability to conduct research using authoritative sources
• Knowledge of U. S. history since 1950
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style
• Ability to set and meet deadlines, follow work plans, and accept feedback
• Must be a current student in an accredited graduate program
• Candidates must have their own computer and access to Wi-Fi
• Candidates must be in an Undergrad or Grad program and have work authorization for the United States

Nice To Haves

• Graduate coursework in U.S. History, Media Studies, Museum Studies, or Library Science and/or Archives strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Select an exhibit topic and identify AAPB records for inclusion
• Draft a complete exhibit to be featured on the AAPB website, americanarchive.org
• Provide or develop ancillary exhibit materials, possibly including, but not limited to: images, interactive maps, and timelines
• Help to improve AAPB metadata on select records included in the exhibit
• Grain knowledge of and experience in digital media curation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern