Volunteer and Internships

Internship and Volunteer Opportunities

The National Museum of Dentistry offers a range of opportunities to gain experience in the museum world while promoting the benefits of a healthy smile. The opportunities range from specialized tasks associated with the museum’s collection to helping with visitors to the museum. Individuals with all levels of experience and interests are encouraged to apply.

How to Apply

This page features opportunities as they become available. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and two references to pcutter@umaryland.edu with the position title and first and last names in the subject line. Or you can fill out the application form online found below each description.

Volunteer Opportunities

Research

Help explore dentistry’s past by researching influential dentists and organizations, objects from our collection, or other dental topics utilzing our archives.

Volunteer Research Description PDF

Educator

Help teach visitors to the museum about the importance of healthy smiles and the history of the dental profession by leading group tours and collaborating to create new educational resources and opportunities at the museum.

Volunteer Educator Description PDF

Collections

Help organize and make public the NMD’s collections which are not currently on display. Photograph, digitize, and curate online collections through working with our staff, objects, and archives.

Volunteer Collections Description PDF

Volunteer Application

NMD's Volunteer Program

Thank you for your interest in volunteering at the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry! Please complete this application if you are interested in volunteering at the National Museum of Dentistry. Please note that while applications are accepted at all times, volunteer positions may not always be available. You will be contacted shortly regarding the status of your application and the availability of the position for which you are applying.

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Volunteer Position*

Name*

Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Phone Number*

Email*

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? Please answer yes or no.*

Yes

Please explain.*

Are you 18 years of age or older?*

Yes

Educational Information

Please provide your highest degree of education.

Education*

School Name*

Please list any other educational information you would like to share.

Experience & Skills

Please provide your most recent or relevant employment history.

1. Job Title

Employer

Start Date

End Date

Business Address

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Supervisor's Name

Supervisor's Phone Number

Please provide a brief overview of your role in this position, and list any relevant skills, experiences, or qualifications you would like to share.

2. Job Title

Employer

Start Date

End Date

Business Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Supervisor's Name

Supervisor's Phone Number

Please provide a brief overview of your role in this position, and list any relevant skills, experiences, or qualifications you would like to share.

Your Interest

Please state why you are interested in volunteering with the NMD.*

Agreement

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Internship Opportunities

Changing Faces Oral History Internship

The internship would be directly related to the current exhibition in development at the museum titled “Changing Faces.” The exhibition chronicles the history of changing faces in the dental field, and celebrates the individuals, organizations, and schools that shaped the dental field today. Dental history is a relatively unresearched field, and underrepresented communities in dentistry is even more so undocumented. The oral histories created through this project will represent a largely unrepresented portion of a significant professional history in America, which we hope will not only result in sharing the integral histories but encourage new scholarship and diverse growth in the field. The project will focus on preliminary research to identify and create questions for pioneer individuals who pushed for equality and inclusion in the field. The questions and research will be used to conduct oral histories both on-site at the museum, and potentially around the country. The intern will be able to participate in and learn each step of the oral history process from preliminary research to interviewing and from editing to the final inclusion in the museum’s exhibition.

Changing Faces Oral History Internship PDF

Education and Outreach

Participate in a variety of tasks related to education and outreach including leading tour groups, developing interactive activities involving oral health care and dental history, developing educational resources and information for students, and reaching out to schools, camps, daycares, and other programs to encourage visiting the museum.

Education and Outreach Internship Description PDF

Development Assistant

Participate in a variety of tasks related to development including reaching out to current, past, and potential members to discuss the membership opportunities the museum offers, updating donor and membership information in the museum’s records, helping to organize and improve the museum’s brick and plaque program, and developing alternative methods and programs for fundraising.

Development Assistant Internship Description PDF

Curatorial Research

Participate in researching a variety of topics including biographical research on influential dentists, provenance research on objects in the museum’s collection, general research on the history of minorities in dentistry, or research on any dental related topic the intern brings to the attention of the museum that would benefit dental, historical, and medical scholars.

Curatorial Research Internship Description PDF

Digitization Assistant

Participate in a variety of tasks related to collections management including digitizing objects, creating catalog records and metadata for objects, researching provenance of collections objects, and transcribing and creating finding aids for archival materials and the collections.

Digitization Assistant Internship Description PDF

Internship Application

NMD's Internship Program

Thank you for your interest in interning at the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry! Please complete this application if you are interested in completing an internship at the National Museum of Dentistry. Please note that while applications are accepted at all times, internship positions may not always be available. You will be contacted shortly regarding the status of your application and the availability of the position for which you are applying.

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Internship Position*

Will this internship be used for college credit?*

Yes

Personal Information

Name*

Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Phone Number*

Email*

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? Please answer yes or no.*

Yes

Please explain.*

Are you 18 years of age or older?*

Yes

Educational Information

Please provide your highest degree of education.

Education*

School Name*

Please list any other educational information you would like to share.

Experience & Skills

Please provide your most recent or relevant employment history.

1. Job Title

Employer

Start Date

End Date

Business Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Supervisor's Name

Supervisor's Phone Number

Please provide a brief overview of your role in this position, and list any relevant skills, experiences, or qualifications you would like to share.

2. Job Title

Employer

Start Date

End Date

Business Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Supervisor's Name

Supervisor's Phone Number

Please provide a brief overview of your role in this position, and list any relevant skills, experiences, or qualifications you would like to share.

Your Interest

I understand that my completion of this application does not constitute acceptance into the NMD's internship program. If notified of my acceptance, I agree to complete any training that is required for my internship.*

Agreement

Name

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hours

Wed - Friday: 10am to 4pm

Address

31 S. Greene St. Baltimore, MD 21201

Email

nmd@umaryland.edu

Phone

410-706-0600

The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry is an auxiliary enterprise of the University of Maryland, School of Dentistry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

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Volunteer and Internships

Internship and Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities

Research

Educator

Collections

Volunteer Application

NMD's Volunteer Program

Educational Information

Experience & Skills

Your Interest

Agreement

Internship Opportunities

Changing Faces Oral History Internship

Education and Outreach

Development Assistant

Curatorial Research

Digitization Assistant

Internship Application

NMD's Internship Program

Personal Information

Educational Information

Experience & Skills

Your Interest

Agreement

hours

Address

Email

Phone

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