Gain professional and life-long skills, connect with passionate community members, and learn about this unique town.  Student interns participate in a variety of tasks – giving tours, helping staff the office, assisting with research projects such as the Oberlin Historic Inventory and the Oberlin Oral History Project, cataloging and caring for collections, helping at special events, and maintaining our online resources.  

College students have worked for us in a variety of capacities: Bonner Scholars, work-study students through the Community Based Work-Study Program of Oberlin College and other programs, and as summer interns. Students from all areas of study are encouraged to apply – you need not be a history major (although you certainly may be)!

Over the last few years, the Oberlin Heritage Center has offered summer internships primarily designed for college and high school students. If you want to learn more about the community, meet new people, learn professional skills, and earn money, then this might be the job for you! Applicants should be team players who take pride in the quality of their work. 

We train new interns or volunteers at the beginning of a semester, winter term, or summer term, so please plan your schedule accordingly and call ahead about internship availability.  The Oberlin Heritage Center attempts to provide internship opportunities or special projects for Oberlin students during Winter Term. 

Questions about the Oberlin Heritage Center internship program should be directed to the Museum Education and Tour Manager.

If you are interested in becoming an unpaid volunteer with the Oberlin Heritage Center, please see our volunteer page and talk to us about tailoring your experience to fit your interests.