Career Preparation
Certificate in Public History (non-credit earning)
Our mission is to foster a broader understanding of the importance of history and to forge closer relationships between Christopher Newport University and the world-class museums, archives and public history agencies located throughout Virginia and beyond. We encourage students to apply their classroom skills to real world experiences in the field of public history.
Requirements
- 120 internship hours at a verified public history agency
In addition to the internship requirement, students may choose one of the following:
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Volunteer at three PHC-approved events at local public history agencies
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20 volunteer hours at one or more verified public history agencies
Contact Dr. Sheri Shuck-Hall for volunteer opportunities at sheri.shuckhall@cnu.edu.
Upon completion of the above requirements, the certificate in public history will be awarded at graduation. This is a non-credit earning certificate issued by the Public History Center.
Piece of Public History
Our lunch-time lecture series provides a chance for local practitioners to discuss the state of the field and promote internships at their organizations.
Partners
The organizations below have supported PHC's activities or research, placed our interns, worked with us to obtain funding, or provided unique opportunities for the PHC and our students.
- Adam Thoroughgood House Museum (Virginia Beach)
- American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
- Archaeological & Cultural Solutions Inc., Williamsburg
- Bennett Place Historical Site, Durham, NC
- Casemate Museum
- The Chrysler Museum of Art
- Colonial National Historical Park, National Park Service
- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
- Dallas Holocaust Museum and Center for Education and Tolerance
- Dewitt Wallace Museum (Colonial Williamsburg)
- Discovery Program Joint Base Langley - Ft. Eustis
- Endview Plantation
- Fauquier History Museum, St. Augustine, Florida
- Fort Eustis Cultural Resources Management (Historical Archaeology)
- Fort Monroe Authority
- Fort Monroe National Monument, NPS
- Francis Land House Historic Site and Gardens (Virginia Beach, VA)
- Friends of Lafayette Society
- Greensboro History Museum
- Gunston Hall, home of George Mason
- Hampton History Museum
- Hampton Roads Oral History Project
- Hampton Roads Tours
- Harvey Library at Hampton University
- Hermione Project 2015
- Historic Jamestowne
- Historic St. Luke's Church, Smithfield
- The Historic Village at Allaire, New Jersey
- James Madison's Montpelier
- Jamestown/Yorktown Foundation
- Jamestown Settlement
- The Jewish Historical Society of Hampton Roads
- Lee Hall Mansion
- The Library of Virginia
- Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, Florida
- The Mariners’ Museum
- The Mariners’ Museum Library and Archives
- Mount Vernon
- National Museum of the U.S. Marine Corps, Quantico
- National Park Service
- Newport News Parks and Recreations and Tourism
- Newport News Historic Sites and Museums
- Newsome House, Newport News
- NOAA's Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
- Poquoson Museum
- Poquoson Veterans Project-Poquoson Library
- Sister Cities of Yorktown
- Smithsonian Museums, the National Mall
- Sons of the American Revolution-Williamsburg/Yorktown Chapter
- 1619 Project
- Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
- Town of Cape Charles, Virginia
- U.S. Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis
- U.S. National Endowment for the Arts
- The Valentine Museum and Wickham House
- Virginia Beach Surf and Rescue Museum
- Virginia Conservation Association
- Virginia War Museum
- The Washington Monument
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
- Watermen's Museum
- Williamsburg Battlefield Association
- Williamsburg/Yorktown American Revolution Round Table (Executive Board)
- York County Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
