Every year we offer a six month long internship at Wagner Farm. It is a great opportunity to learn a little more about the daily ins and outs of a working museum. To give our internship a wide range of experience we have them manage the soda fountain, lead school tours, help with chores, develop an event, accession items into the collection and do research.
For 2011 the Wagner Farm intern will be Patrick McGuire. Patrick is 25 years old and is currently a student in the Historical Administration Masters' program at Eastern Illinois University. Patrick grew up in Hickory Hills, Illinois and is no stranger to museum work. Before starting graduate school he was a man of many trades at Naper Settlement in Naperville, Illinois. We expect Patrick to join the crew in late May. Good luck and welcome abord.
