The Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development provides meaningful, hands-on training in numerous professional careers. In addition, interns learn and work in the company of baseball’s best-known personalities during the annual Hall of Fame Weekend and Induction Ceremony, held in Cooperstown each summer. 

For more than twenty years, the Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development has provided undergraduate and graduate students with hands-on training in numerous professional careers. This 10-week program offers a bi-weekly stipend for all interns and can be completed for course credit. Scholarships are available!

Benefits of the Internship

The Steele Internship Program is a summer-long experience that offers college students an opportunity to work alongside Museum and Library staff to gain hands-on professional training in a field that closely matches their majors. Interns craft leadership and communication skills by attending career seminars hosted by Hall of Fame staff and community leaders and also by participating in thematic public speaking, research and writing assignments that directly relate to fulfilling the mission of the organization.

Steele Internship Requirements

To be considered for the Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development, students must have completed at least their sophomore year and be enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program at a college or university during the internship, or have just graduated in May of the year of their internship. All Steele interns receive a stipend during the course of the program and access to affordable student housing. If fulfilling an academic requirement, college credit may also be awarded.

Available Positions:

  • Archives
  • Collections
  • Communications
  • Curatorial
  • Data Analyst
  • Development/Membership
  • Library
  • Licensing & Sales
  • Multimedia
  • Public Programs
  • Social Media
  • Special Events

Apply Now! Deadline to Apply – January 31, 2025

 All questions can be directed to education@baseballhall.org