The Freer and Sackler galleries, the national museum of Asian art at the Smithsonian Institution, offers a paid internship for young people of Asian descent.

The Dick Louie Memorial Internship was established in 1994 to honor Dick Louie, former associate director of the Freer and Sackler galleries, and is made possible by funds donated through the Richard Louie Memorial Fund. Its goal is to offer young people of Asian descent practical experience in a museum setting.

Interns will have an opportunity to successfully accomplish a specific independent project. In addition, the museum staff will make every effort to include the interns in ongoing public and behind-the-scenes museum activities.

Eligibility
Applicants must be of Asian descent. Applicants need not be planning a career in museum work or Asian studies, but should be interested in learning about museum work and Asian art. No housing or transportation is provided.

Project Descriptions:
NO 2008 PROJECTS AVAILABLE

Online Application Instructions
When applying online, be sure to print a copy of your completed online forms for your records BEFORE hitting the submit button.
1. Submit online application form;
2. Academic transcript - this will still need to be mailed in.
3. Recommendation form from a teacher;
4. Recommendation form from an adult who is neither a relative nor affiliated with the high school of the applicant.

• Student application
• Recommendation form

All materials that are not submitted online should be typed/word processed, placed together in a single envelope and sent to:        

Courier, FEDEX or UPS:
Dick Louie Internship Program
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Education Department
1050 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20560

U.S. Postal Service:
Dick Louie Internship Program
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Education Department
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 707
Washington, DC 20013-7012

DO NOT include additional information such as portfolio materials, or examples of your work.

Mail-in Application Instructions
If you would like to mail in your student application, please use the online form and simply mail in a completed, printed version of it.
1. Student application form;
2. Academic transcript from the applicant's high school;
3. Recommendation form from a teacher. Form should be placed in a sealed and signed envelope. (Typewritten recommendations are preferred, but handwritten recommendations will be accepted.)
4. Recommendation form from an adult who is neither a relative nor affiliated with the high school of the applicant. Form should be placed in a sealed and signed envelope. (Typewritten recommendations are preferred, but handwritten recommendations will be accepted.)

Application materials should be typed/word processed, placed together in a single envelope and sent to:     

Courier, FEDEX or UPS:
Dick Louie Internship Program
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Education Department
1050 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20560

U.S. Postal Service:
Dick Louie Internship Program
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Education Department
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 707
Washington, DC 20013-7012

• Student Application
• Recommendation form

Please Note: Applications may not be hand-delivered to the museum's information desks. While hand-delivered applications will not be rejected, it is the applicant's own responsibility to get it to the reception desk of the museum's adminsitrative offices on the second level of the Sackler. Because of limited security access, this may be difficult, so hand deliveries are discouraged. Applications delivered elsewhere in the museum may not be accepted.