Liberty Hall Museum, in Union, NJ, is seeking applicants for its May Kean Raynolds Graduate Museum Studies Fellowship. The fellowship is offered to graduate students in a master’s program in Museum Studies, History, or a related field.
The fellowship is designed to provide a mentored professional development opportunity to graduate students seeking careers within a museum setting. Fellowships are tailored to the student’s individual educational goals and provide opportunities to explore multiple areas of museum work while gaining specialized skills and experience. Projects may include designing, developing, and delivering innovative programming for diverse audiences, as well as collections management, exhibit development, and marketing design and implementation, based on the fellow’s interests.
Fellows will work approximately 30 hours per week during the 13-week fellowship. Work hours are flexible and will be scheduled during museum operating hours. The fellowship will commence in June 2026 and conclude in August 2026. The museum is easily accessible by New Jersey Transit trains on the Raritan Valley line and New Jersey Transit bus lines.
To apply, please submit the following to Rachael Goldberg at rachael.goldberg@kean.edu by April 30, 2026. Please indicate “May Kean Raynolds Fellowship” in the subject line.
- Full curriculum vitae of education, professional experience, honors, awards, and publications.
- A statement, not to exceed 1,000 words, specifying what you wish to accomplish during the fellowship period and detailing how you can utilize the Museum’s resources to achieve your goals. The statement should also discuss the issues you wish to investigate during the fellowship period, explain how this research is relevant to the field, and outline how it will advance the work of the Liberty Hall Museum.
- Two letters of recommendation
