Fort Ticonderoga offers four graduate fellowships for students seeking a practical, hands-on internship experience at a historic site and museum with cutting-edge programs. Positions available June 2-August 8, 2025, include fellowships in Curation, Education, and Collections.
Qualifications
Fort Ticonderoga seeks graduate students in museum studies, art history, decorative arts, museum education, public history, history, American studies, or military history. Fellows will need to be self-motivated and able to work independently as well as contribute to a dedicated team to create and develop ground-breaking exhibitions and programs for a diverse audience. Qualified undergraduates are welcome to apply.
Details
While working individually with their project supervisors, fellows will also meet and work together throughout the two-month experience. Fellows will have an opportunity to work with Fort Ticonderoga’s professional staff as part of our team approach to all major projects. Professional development opportunities during the fellowships will include visits from outside scholars and field trips. In general, project-specific work will encompass about 75% of the fellow’s time. The remaining time will be taken up with day-to-day tasks in their department, providing a wide-ranging experience working at a historic site and museum.
Stipends
Each graduate fellow will receive a $2,500 stipend plus housing on-site.
Applications
Graduate and undergraduate students interested in applying for an Edward W. Pell Graduate Fellowship for the summer of 2025 should check back here November 1, 2024, when specific fellowship descriptions will be posted. Each position has slightly different application requirements. Contact Rich Strum, Fort Ticonderoga Director of Academic programs, at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Fellowship Descriptions
The detailed descriptions below from 2024 provide examples of our most recent fellowships, including project descriptions, qualifications, and details for applying. Please note that these positions are no longer available and that the descriptions are meant to serve as examples only.
Deadline
The 2024 application deadline has passed. We anticipate that the deadline for our 2025 Edward W. Pell Graduate Fellowships will be January 20, 2025. Finalists for each fellowship will be interviewed in person or via Zoom by the selection panel during late January and early February 2025. Final decisions will be announced by March 1, 2025.
From Past Edward W. Pell Graduate Fellows
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Erin Benz
Seton Hall University
“This fellowship has been truly exceptional. Everything from the collection to the site, to every single person working at Fort Ticonderoga, made my time here forever memorable. Cataloging the map collection has broadened my experience with museum collections and made me a better museum professional. Working with the collections team was also tremendous as they had a lot to teach me but were also respectful of me and my work. Both the team and the work I completed this summer really made me feel that I made a difference here.”
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Elizabeth Beaudoin
University of Massachusetts Amherst
“The Edward W. Pell Fellowship was a career-building experience that went beyond my expectations. The positive, driven culture at Fort Ticonderoga is inspiring and contagious. The Edward W. Pell Fellowship provided me with a project that I could own from start-to-finish, while also furnishing the guiding support needed for an emerging museum professional. My experience here has left me with a new confidence in my abilities and a set of skills that will certainly aid me in the future. In addition, working with the range of Pavilion objects has improved my knowledge of nineteenth-century furnishings and decorative objects. I now have a fantastic project on my resume that I can be proud to talk about during future interviews. I am excited to see the organization continue to grow and flourish.”