Historic Deerfield Now Accepting Applications for 2025 Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program

Tuition-free program gives college students the opportunity to explore history and material culture studies, conduct original research, and experience working at a museum

DEERFIELD, MA (12/16/2024) (readMedia)-- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Danae DiNicola, Director of Marketing & Communications, (413) 775-7127

December 16, 2024

PRESS RELEASE

Historic Deerfield Now Accepting Applications for 2025 Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program in Early American History and Material Culture

Tuition-free program gives college students the opportunity to explore history and material culture studies, conduct original research, and experience working at a museum

(Deerfield, MA) - Historic Deerfield invites applications from college juniors and seniors to take part in an intensive, nine-week Summer Fellowship Program in History and Material Culture.

College juniors (graduating in 2026), and seniors who expect to graduate in 2025 are eligible for 7 openings in the program, which is designed for undergraduate students in African American Studies, American Studies, Architecture, Archaeology, Art and Art History, Design, Historic Preservation, History, Material Culture, Native American Studies, and Museum Studies. The program is immersive and academically rigorous (fellows will be engaged most nights and weekends), fun (fellows get to know cohort members from around the country and travel to regional museums and historic sites), and skill-building (fellows gain practical experience with guiding, interpretation of material culture, research, writing, and the formal presentation of research findings).

This unique residential living-and-learning opportunity takes place at Historic Deerfield, in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Each participant receives a full fellowship that covers all expenses associated with the program, including tuition, room and board, and field trips. A limited number of stipends are awarded to students with demonstrated need to help cover lost summer income. Financial aid awards are need-blind and application for assistance has no impact on the program application.

The 2025 program begins June 2 and ends August 4. Applications are now being accepted online at historic-deerfield.org/sfp. The application deadline is February 3, 2025. Notification of acceptances will be announced in March.

For More Information

Contact: Dr. Erika Gasser, Director of Academic Programs

Email: egasser@historic-deerfield.org

Website: historic-deerfield.org/sfp Phone: (413) 775-7207

Located in the heart of Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley, Historic Deerfield preserves and interprets the history of the Connecticut River Valley and the culture of early New England. Through its historic houses, collections, and programs, visitors are invited to explore life in an early American village. To learn more about Historic Deerfield, visit the website, www.historic-deerfield.org.

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About Historic Deerfield. Historic Deerfield is a museum of early American life situated in an authentic 18th-century New England village in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts. Its historic houses and world-famous collection of early American decorative arts open doors to new perspectives that inspire people to seek a deeper understanding of themselves, their communities, and the world.