Spring 2026 Voluntary Internship Opportunities

2 internships available at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, TX 

2 internships available at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, GA

2 internships available at the National Archives at College Park, MD 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Logging contract and annotating contract close out information along with data entry for contract destruction
• Researching contract files for information needed to close

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Learn the process of contract close out while using the Federal Acquisition Regulation for contract close out and destruction
• Intern will build a comprehensive understanding of the start of an acquisition until the end and close out/destruction

Work Environment:

• Interns will work in an office setting.
• No physical demands, data entry would be the majority of the works processed.
• Intern will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former bachelor's degree or graduate student 
• Qualifications:
  • Competent using computers for tasks including data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
  • Can work independently and effectively
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Can perform under pressure and/or in a limited timeframe

Schedule:

• Internship Date Options: 
  • 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
  • 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule Options: 
  • 10 hours per week
  • 11-19 hours per week
  • 20-29 hours per week

Area(s) of Interest: Business (Accounting, Budget Analysis, and/or Financial Management), Communications, Education & Public Programs, Legal, Marketing, Information Technology, Records Management

The selecting official for this internship may also request a letter of recommendation.

2 internships available at the National Archives at College Park, MD 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Acquisition policy and process development
• Website content management
• Research and analysis
• Various projects requiring cross-functional collaboration

Professional Development Opportunities:

• The Acquisition Policy Intern will play a vital role within the Business Support Services, Acquisition Office contributing to the development and implementation of acquisition policies and processes. 
• Unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic environment, collaborating with senior leaders and various departments across the organization. 
• Assist in maintaining and improving critical documents and systems, as well as contributing to internal and external communications.

Work Environment:

• Interns will work in an office setting.
• No physical demands, data entry would be the majority of the works processed.
• Intern will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former bachelor's degree or graduate degree student 
  • Degree in business administration, public administration, law, or a related field 
• Qualifications:
  • Competent using computers for tasks including data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Attention to detail
  • Strong organizational skills

Schedule:

• Internship Date Options: 
  • 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
  • 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule Options: 
  • 10 hours per week
  • 11-19 hours per week
  • 20-29 hours per week

Area(s) of Interest: Business (Accounting, Budget Analysis, and/or Financial Management), Communications, Legal

The selecting official for this internship may also request a writing sample.

2 internships available at the National Archives at College Park, MD 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Support metadata and authorities work as a member of the Catalog and Online Access Division team, which maintains the National Archives Catalog, Description and Authority Services (DAS), the Standards and Authorities Program, Archives.gov content management, and the Citizen Archivist Program
• Analyze legacy finding aids and provide recommendations to transform their content into standards-compliant metadata for Catalog descriptions
• Assist with development of updated training materials for NARA’s archival description metadata standards and authority files
• Support the Citizen Archivist Program with transcription missions and tagging missions for online volunteers

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Archival skills: Archival description standards and authorities hands-on experience
• Writing and editing skills: Draft a standards proposal for a new or updated metadata element
• Research skills: Research and draft administrative history notes for federal organizations or biographical notes for individuals who created federal records
• Technical skills: Gain experience with the application programming interface (API) for the Catalog 

Work Environment:

• Onsite and remote work 
• Interns will work in an office setting 
• No physical demands
• Intern will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former bachelor's degree or graduate student 
  • Degree in library or information science, or history program with archival concentration
• Qualifications:
  • Coursework or practical experience in archives administration, information, and/or library sciences
  • Coursework or practical experience in archival work including holdings maintenance, processing, or description
  • Research capability
  • Attention to detail 

Schedule:

• Internship Dates: 
  • 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
  • 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule Options:
  • 10 hours per week
  • 11-19 hours per week
  • 20-29 hours per week

Area(s) of Interest: Archival Processing, Communications, Digitizing Archival Materials, Editorial, Education & Public Programs, Public History

1 internship available at the National Archives at College Park, MD

2 internships available at the National Archives at College Park, MD

2 internships available at the National Archives at College Park, MD 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and documenting facility conditions, preventative maintenance, space utilization
• Reviewing standard operating procedures for updating
• Conducting data analysis and creating dashboards for briefings and presentations
• Supporting building operations and inspections

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Understand the fundamentals of federal facilities management
• Gain experience working with preventative maintenance systems and develop strategies
• Learn how facility operations support historic preservation and public access to national records
• Develop professional skills in reporting and project management and gain exposure to NARA's mission, organizational structure and strategic priorities

Work Environment:

• Interns will work in an office setting that will require walking for visual inspections.
• Interns will have regular access to a shared NARA computer workstation.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former associate's degree or bachelor's degree
  • Degree in engineering, architecture, or facilities management
• Qualifications:
  • Can work independently and effectively
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Can balance multiple deadline-driven tasks or projects simultaneously
  • Attention to detail

Schedule:

• Internship Dates: 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule: 11-19 hours per week

Area(s) of Interest: Facility Operations & Logistics

2 internships available at the National Archives at College Park, MD 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Assist in maintaining and validating IT asset records using NARA's inventory management tool and collaborate with the team on annual inventory efforts to ensure data accuracy and property accountability.
• Participate in IT department functions, including shadowing the team to learn troubleshooting techniques and proposing process improvements for IT service delivery and support.

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Observe and understand the IT department functions
• Learn how to troubleshoot and provide ideas on improvements
• Work together with other IT members to collaborate and deliver solutions
• Capable of carrying out a given task with all the necessary details to get the task done well
• Establish proficiencies in the use of the National Archives and Records Administration inventory management tool
• Collaborate with demand planning in the development of item specific inventory targets

Work Environment:

• Primarily a sedentary office role with frequent computer use
• Physical demands are minimal and typical of similar office-based positions
• Work environment reflects that of a professional, collaborative organization
• Interns will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former high school student (must be at least 18 years old), associate’s degree, bachelor's degree or graduate student
• Qualifications:
  • Competent using computers for tasks including data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
  • Can work independently and effectively
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Strong organizational skills 

Schedule:

• Internship Dates: 
  • 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
  • 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule Options:
  • 10 hours per week
  • 11-19 hours per week
  • 20-29 hours per week
  • 30 hours or more per week

Area(s) of Interest: Information Technology

The selecting official for this internship may also request a letter of recommendation.

2 internships available at the National Archives at College Park, MD 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Volunteer interns at the Office of General Counsel will assist in providing litigation and administrative support to attorneys and archivists on the legal staff in a variety of ways, including but not limited to: researching legal issues relevant to the Federal Records Act, the Presidential Records Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and other applicable laws pertaining to the activities and operations of the National Archives and Records Administration; and providing support in the drafting of legal opinions, letters, memoranda, discovery responses and other legal documents, and in the preparation of documents for use in administrative and court proceedings.

Professional Development Opportunities:

• As a small but vital office, the General Counsel's office offers interns the opportunity to become directly involved in the broad range of legal and policy matters that come into the office. We hope to create a challenging and interesting experience for an intern. Our "small law firm" environment enables an intern to experience a wide range of administrative law issues common to all federal agencies, as well as those issues unique to NARA that arise from its mission as the nation’s record keeper.

Work Environment:

• Interns will work in an office setting
• Interns will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work. 

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former graduate student
  • Current law student
• Qualifications:
  • Can work independently and effectively
  • Can balance multiple deadline-driven tasks or projects simultaneously
  • Excellent verbal communication skills
  • Strong writing ability

Schedule:

• Internship Date Options:
  • 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
  • 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule: 
  • 20-29 hours per week
  • 30 hours or more per week

Area(s) of Interest: Legal

The selecting official for this internship may also request a writing sample.

2 internships available at the National Archives at College Park, MD 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Engage with the Data Management Team in learning MS Power BI and Power Apps
• Contribute to the development of new dashboards and light applications that contribute to NARA's mission
• Analyze source data and contribute to data preparation and transformation work

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Interns will become competent in the MS Power Platform and develop basic extract, load, transform (ETL) skills
• Interns will also get to experience working with a small and dynamic team who support each other with teamwork and technology solutions

Work Environment:

• Interns will work in an office setting
• Interns will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former associate’s degree, bachelor's degree or graduate student
  • Degree in computer science, data science, information management, mathematics, or a related field is preferred, but not required
• Qualifications:
  • Competent using computers for tasks including data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
  • Can work independently and effectively
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Attention to detail

Schedule:

• Internship Dates: 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
• Weekly Schedule: 20-29 hours per week

Area(s) of Interest: Information Technology, Records Management

2 internships available at the National Archives at College Park, MD 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Develop an inventory of audiovisual holdings to assist in determining their disposition
• Physically prepare audiovisual holdings for transport or destruction based on their disposition
• Develop an inventory of temporary paper records
• Physically prepare temporary paper records for destruction
• Develop an inventory of special media records

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Learn important parts of the records management process for federal agencies by supporting the development of inventories for records of the Office of Presidential Libraries and physically preparing the records based on their disposition

Work Environment:

• Participants' work setting will include work in both an office setting and archival stacks
• Participants must be able to lift boxes of records weighing on average 25-30 pounds, up to 50 pounds
• Interns will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former associate's degree, bachelor's degree, or graduate student
  • Degree in history, information and library science
• Qualifications:
  • Competent using computers for tasks including data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
  • Physically able to climb 15-foot ladders and work with boxes weighing up to 50 pounds
  • Can work independently and effectively 
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team

Schedule:

• Internship Date Options:
  • 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
  • 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule Options:
  • 10 hours per week
  • 11-19 hours per week
  • 20-29 hours per week
  • 30 hours or more per week

Area(s) of Interest: Records Management 

2 internships available at the National Archives at College Park, MD 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Assist with the ongoing key audit the workflow for ensuring all documentation is in place for rosters associated with the key rosters
• Examine the key flow for unit level planning (Business Plan Analysis)
• Ensure all documents and materials are complete and in the correct electronic folders
• Automate the above processes, where possible

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Gain a better understanding of the physical security specialists field by actively contributing to real-world projects, and developing essential skills (i.e., critical thinking, overall operations, communication, etc.)
• Learn to identify customer needs, troubleshoot technical issues, automate contact lists, use workflows to auto-enroll contacts, collaborate with NARA sub offices, problem solve to effectively contribute to the team’s goals and objectives.

Work Environment:

• A positive and professional work environment that is highly structured and organized.
• Interns will have a cubicle, primarily working in an office setting and walking the building.
• Interns will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former associate’s degree, bachelor's degree or graduate student
  • Degree in criminal justice, facility operations & logistics, information technology, or records management
• Qualifications:
  • Coursework or practical experience in archival work including holdings maintenance, processing, or description
  • Competent using computers for tasks including data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Attention to detail

Schedule:

• Internship Date Options:
  • 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
  • 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule Options:
  • 10 hours per week
  • 11-19 hours per week
  • 20-29 hours per week
  • 30 hours or more per week

Area(s) of Interest: Communications, Facility Operations & Logistics, Information Technology, Records Management

The selecting official for this internship may also request a letter of recommendation.

1 internship available at the National Archives at College Park, MD 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Train in automated software testing
• Experiment in using artificial intelligence (AI) to prepare test components
• Support software testing leads in test exercises and code reviews

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Gain experience with teamwork in a professional setting and become familiar with advanced platforms in software testing and artificial intelligence

Work Environment:

• Interns will work in an office setting.
• Interns will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former associate’s degree, bachelor's degree or graduate student
  • Degree in computer science, data science, information management, or a related field 
• Qualifications:
  • Research capability
  • Can work independently and effectively
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Attention to detail

Schedule:

• Internship Dates: 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
• Weekly Schedule: 20-29 hours per week

Area(s) of Interest: Information Technology

1 internship available at the National Archives in Washington, DC 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Create a folder title list for records of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate
• Prepare U.S. Senate accession paperwork for scanning, process PDFs after scanning, and verify box location in RPL stacks
• Help escort visitors and provide additional support for tours for Members of Congress and other distinguished guests
• Perform digital image capture to support internal digitization of select documents
• Shadow reference archivists to learn more about the archival reference process

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Learn introductory archival skills and techniques, and will create work products like folder title lists and digital images while working in a busy archival reference environment. 
• Gain experience working with original records from the legislative branch of government, including records from the US House of Representatives and the US Senate while working at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. 

Work Environment:

• Work will be conducted in RPL office spaces and stacks at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. (Archives 1) and possibly at RPL's offsite facility at the U.S. Government Publishing Office building. 
• Work will largely be performed at a dedicated workstation. 
• Some duties will entail lifting boxes of up to 25 lbs. and transporting materials via carts. 
• Interns will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former bachelor's degree or graduate student
  • Degree in history, public history, political science, museum studies, library science, information studies, or a related field
• Qualifications:
  • Competent using computers for tasks including data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent verbal communication skills

Schedule:

• Internship Date Options: 
  • 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
  • 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule:
  • 10 hours per week
  • 11-19 hours per week

Area(s) of Interest: Archival Processing, Digitizing Archival Materials, Education & Public Programs, Legislative, Museums Collections & Exhibits Management, Information Technology, Public History, Records Management, Reference Services

1 internship available at the National Archives in Washington, DC 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Research and writing relating to the national security policy development process
• Support interagency coordination on the implementation of government-wide policies overseen by the ISOO

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Improved research and writing skills, including the development of federal regulations and federal wide guidance. 
• Thorough grounding in the federal government's systems for safeguarding and sharing sensitive information. 
• Experience with the national security decision-making apparatus and the policy-making process, from coordination with the National Security Council and the White House to implementation of policy at the agency level. 
• Exposure to multiple federal agencies, their mission areas, key leaders, and national security experts. 
• Opportunities to present their research conclusions to senior government officials.

Work Environment:

• Interns will work in an office setting.
• Interns will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former graduate student
  • Current law school student
• Qualifications:
  • Research capability
  • Can work independently and effectively
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Strong writing ability

Schedule:

• Internship Dates: 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026

• Weekly Schedule Options:
  • 10 hours per week
  • 11-19 hours per week

Area(s) of Interest: Legal

3 internships available at the National Archives at Washington, DC 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Interns will report to the ISOO director and support research and public communications efforts relating to: ISOO's oversight of the national security classification system, the controlled unclassified information system, and our role in staffing the Public Interest Declassification Board. 
• Interns will conduct targeted research, draft report summaries, and assist in the planning of public engagement. 

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Improved research and writing skills, including the development of federal regulations and federal wide guidance. 
• Thorough grounding in the federal government's systems for safeguarding and sharing sensitive information. 
• Experience with the national security decision-making apparatus and the policy-making process, from coordination with the National Security Council and the White House to implementation of policy at the agency level. 
• Exposure to multiple federal agencies, their mission areas, key leaders, and national security experts. 
• Opportunities to present their research conclusions to senior government officials.

Work Environment:

• Interns will work in an office setting.
  Interns will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former bachelor's degree or graduate student
  • Degree in international affairs, political science, national security policy, public communication, and media studies
• Qualifications:
  • Research capability
  • Can work independently and effectively
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Strong writing ability

Schedule:

• Internship Dates: 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule Options:
• 10 hours per week
  11-19 hours per week

Area(s) of Interest: Communications, Editorial, External & Public Affairs, Legal, Legislative

2 internships available at the National Archives at Washington, DC

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Assist with the ongoing key audit the workflow for ensuring all documentation is in place for rosters associated with the key rosters
• Examine the key flow for unit level planning (Business Plan Analysis)
• Ensure all documents and materials are complete and in the correct electronic folders
• Automate the above processes, where possible

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Gain a better understanding of the physical security specialists field by actively contributing to real-world projects, and developing essential skills (i.e., critical thinking, overall operations, communication, etc.)
• Learn to identify customer needs, troubleshoot technical issues, automate contact lists, use workflows to auto-enroll contacts, collaborate with NARA sub offices, problem solve to effectively contribute to the team’s goals and objectives

Work Environment:

• A positive and professional work environment that is highly structured and organized.
• Interns will have a cubicle, primarily working in an office setting and walking the building.
• Interns will be issued a NARA laptop for completing their work.

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• Educational Level/Program:
  • Current or former associate’s degree, bachelor's degree or graduate student
  • Degree in criminal justice, facility operations & logistics, information technology, or records management
• Qualifications:
  • Coursework or practical experience in archival work including holdings maintenance, processing, or description
  • Competent using computers for tasks including data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
  • Can work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Attention to detail

Schedule:

• Internship Date Options:
  • 2/9/2026 through 5/1/2026
  • 2/17/2026 through 5/8/2026
• Weekly Schedule Options:
  • 10 hours per week
  • 11-19 hours per week
  • 20-29 hours per week
  • 30 hours or more per week

Area(s) of Interest: Communications, Facility Operations & Logistics, Information Technology, Records Management

The selecting official for this internship may also request a letter of recommendation.