Internships
Many history majors have enjoyed internship opportunities as legal interns as well as interns in public history. Recent placements include the Lynchburg and Amherst County museum systems, Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, the Avoca Museum in Altavista, and the Walters Gallery in Baltimore, Md. Several of our history majors have also done research at the George C. Marshall Library in Lexington under the Marshall Library Fellowship Program.Students interested in internship possibilities are encouraged to contact the department's internships officer, Dr. Clifton Potter, at 434.544.8623 or potter.c@lynchburg.edu, to begin the process of setting up an internship.
Following approval from a student's academic advisor, the Career Development Center, located on the 2nd floor of Hall Campus Center in Academic and Career Services, works with the student to obtain a suitable internship.
- Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest: http://www.poplarforest.org/programs
- Legacy Museum of African-American History: http://www.legacymuseum.org
- George C. Marshall Foundation: http://www.marshallfoundation.org/education/index.html
- Historic Sandusky: http://www.historicsandusky.org
- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: http://www.nps.gov/apco/index.htm
- The National D-Day Memorial: http://www.dday.org/index.php?page=internship
- Lynchburg History.com: http://www.lynchburghistory.com
- Lynchburg Old City Cemetery: http://www.gravegarden.org/tours.htm
- Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library: http://www.bedfordvamuseum.com
- Daura Gallery: http://www.lynchburg.edu/daura.xml
- National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/getinvolved/index.htm
- Smithsonian Institution: http://www.si.edu/ofg
- Rising Star: http://www.rsinternships.com/rshome.htm Search for any internship in the country.
