(Updated February 28, 2020)
Deadlines are italicized and in bold
For information on how to select a Graduate Program in Museum Studies (see: Documents Folder)
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
- NEW! Newly launched new website for positions in arts fields - JOBS.ART https://www.jobs.art/
- Similar name but DIFFERENT site for jobs in the arts - https://artjobs.artsearch.us/
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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CITY INTERNSHIPS (NY, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Miami, LA, San Francisco and more!)
Check web site for deadlines: http://www.city-internships.com/getstarted/
Since CI’s launch in 2011, we have helped launch more than a thousand careers. We’ve grown from one city to eighteen across five countries; we’ve grown from exclusively financial services to an additional eight industries; we’ve gone from one program to three program types and now, we’ve rebranded from City Internships to CI.
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ARTS INTERN PROGRAM
The Arts Intern Program is now accepting applications for paid summer internships for summer 2020. Arts Intern supports engaging, challenging, career-building internships at cultural organizations in New York, Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Providence. Internships last nine weeks and interns work 28 hours a week. Interns will be paid $15.00 per hour, except for cities in which local laws dictate a higher rate.
Participating institutions include:
- El Museo del Barrio
- MoMA PS1
- The Rubin Museum of Art
- Studio Museum in Harlem
- Brooklyn Children's Museum
- The Frick Collection
- The Barnes Collection
- Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
- Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
- Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Arts Intern Staff 410 W. 59th St New York, NY 10019 www.artsintern.org 212-765-5900 artsintern@studioinstitute.org
NEW YORK CITY
American Folk Art Museum - Check website for updates - http://folkartmuseum.org/about/opportunities/
American Museum of Natural History - for summer: MARCH 1, 2020 DEADLINE - http://www.amnh.org/our-research/anthropology/policies-links/internship-program
Brooklyn Museum - Check website for updates - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/about/careers/
Guggenheim Museum - https://www.guggenheim.org/internships
International Center for Photography (ICP) - ICP's Internship Program runs on an academic schedule, including a summer term. Current students and recent graduates are encouraged to apply - https://www.icp.org/jobs
Metropolitan Museum of Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/research/internships-and-fellowships/internships/internships-for-college-and-graduate-students
Museum of Arts and Design (@ Columbus Circle) - http://www.madmuseum.org/learn/internships
Museum of Modern Art - Check website for updates - https://www.moma.org/about/internships
Museum of the Moving Image - Check website for updates - http://www.movingimage.us/about/internships
Museum of the City of New York - Contact museum - application dates are rolling depending on need - http://www.mcny.org/employment
New Museum - https://www.newmuseum.org/contact
Sculpture Center - https://www.sculpture-center.org/support/7157/jobs-and-internships
The Frick Collection - There are no internships available for summer 2020 - http://www.frick.org/careers/internships
The Jewish Museum - Check website for updates - http://thejewishmuseum.org/careers
The Morgan Museum and Library - Accepts applications on a rolling basis all year - http://www.themorgan.org/opportunities/internships
The Tenement Museum - Check website for updates - http://www.tenement.org/jobs.php
Whitney Museum of American Art - applications for summer of 2021 will open in November 2020 - http://whitney.org/About/Internships
UPSTATE NEW YORK
Cornell University-Johnson Art Museum, Ithaca, NY - Internships are reserved for Cornell University students - http://museum.cornell.edu/internships.html
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY - See website for information - http://www.cmog.org/get-involved/internships
Erie Canal Museum, Syracuse, NY - http://eriecanalmuseum.org/jobs/
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY - Contact museum for information - http://everson.org/about/employment
Historic Ithaca/Significant Elements, Ithaca, NY - Contact Sarah Johnson, Program Manager for information sara@historicithaca.org - http://www.significantelements.org/about/volunteer/
Holt Architects, Ithaca, NY - Contact cja@holt.com - http://www.holt.com/content/view/careers.html
Paleontological Research Institution/Museum of the Earth, Ithaca, NY - Contact museum for more detailed information - http://priweb.org/index.php/get-involved/volunteer
Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY - Contact foundation executive director, Lesley Williamson - http://www.saltonstall.org/internships.html
Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY - Volunteer opportunities - http://www.sciencenter.org/get-involved.html
The History Center, Ithaca, NY - Check website - http://www.thehistorycenter.net/volunteer
The Strong: National Museum of Play, Rochester, NY - Check website - http://www.museumofplay.org/connect/internships
WASHINGTON DC
Dumbarton Oaks - http://www.doaks.org/research/harvard-programs/summer-internships
Freer Gallery of Art - MARCH 15, 2020DEADLINE - https://www.freersackler.si.edu/research/fellowships-internships/#internships
Hirshhorn Museum- https://hirshhorn.si.edu/bio/internships/
National Building Museum - https://www.nbm.org/?s=internships
National Gallery of Art - Graduate internships - https://www.nga.gov/education/interns-fellows.html
National Museum of African Art - http://africa.si.edu/about/opportunities/
National Museum of the American Indian - http://nmai.si.edu/connect/internships/
National Museum of Women in the Arts - http://nmwa.org/about/internships
National Portrait Gallery - Galleries being renovated so there are no Summer 2020 internships - http://npg.si.edu/get-involved/internships
Smithsonian American Art Museum - http://americanart.si.edu/research/opportunity/interns/
Smithsonian Institution - Check web site for multiple listings - http://www.smithsonianofi.com/internship-opportunities/
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - MARCH 2, 2020 DEADLINE- http://www.ushmm.org/information/career-volunteer-opportunities/internships
BOSTON
Boston Center for the Arts - Check website for updates - https://bostonarts.org/about/work-with-us/
Children's Museum - http://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/about/employment
Historic New England - https://www.historicnewengland.org/get-involved/volunteer/
Institute of Contemporary Art - https://www.icaboston.org/about/jobs-and-internships/education-internship
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Check museum website for updates - http://www.gardnermuseum.org/about/employment/internships
Museum of Fine Arts - Applications accepted on a rolling basis - http://www.mfa.org/employment/internship-opportunities
Museum of Science - http://www.mos.org/internships
Peabody Essex Museum - APRIL 20, 2020 DEADLINE - http://www.pem.org/about/_employment/internships_fellowships/
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology - https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/186
PHILADELPHIA
Barnes Foundation - https://www.barnesfoundation.org/about/careers-and-volunteering
Institute of Contemporary Arts - https://icaphila.org/students/
Franklin Institute - https://www.fi.edu/internships
Magic Gardens - https://www.phillymagicgardens.org/join-and-support/opportunities/internships/
Mutter Museum - http://muttermuseum.org/about/volunteers/
Philadelphia Museum of Art - http://www.philamuseum.org/education/273-358-50.html
Photo Arts Canter - https://www.philaphotoarts.org/internships/
Please Touch Museum - http://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/about/employment/
CHICAGO
Chicago Children's Museum - https://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/job-internship-opportunities
Chicago History Museum - https://www.chicagohistory.org/internships/
DuSable Museum of African American History - http://www.dusablemuseum.org/jobs/
Elmhurst Art Museum - https://www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/support/volunteer/
Field Museum - http://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/careers/internships
Glessner House Museum - http://www.glessnerhouse.org/internships/
Museum of Contemporary Art - MARCH 22, 2020 DEADLINE - https://mcachicago.org/About/Internships
National Hellenic Museum - https://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/visit/about-us/internships/
National Museum of Mexican Art - http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/content/volunteer
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago Academy of Sciences) - http://www.naturemuseum.org/get-involved/jobs-and-internships/internship-opportunities
HELPFUL LINKS
- Archinect (Architecture jobs): http://archinect.com/jobs
- Architecture Schools (an Online Guide) - https://studyarchitecture.com/
- American Alliance of Museums - www.aam-us.org/resources/careers
- The Art Career Project (Art Careers, Art Schools, Jobs, Blog) - https://www.theartcareerproject.com/careers/
- Career Alternatives for Art Historians (last revised 2018) - https://www3.nd.edu/~crosenbe/jobs.html
- Christie's Education - christies.edu/ - or - www.facebook.com/ChristiesEducation
- College Art Association (CAA) - http://www.collegeart.org/jobs-and-opportunities
- Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM (Paid and unpaid internships) https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-the-museum/opportunities/
- Habitat for Humanity - http://www.habitat.org/about/careers
- Internship and job opportunities in Historic Preservation - www.preservationdirectory.com/PreservationBlogs/ArticleListings.aspx
- Internships in Art History (resources for graduate students) - www.efn.org/~acd/Intern.html and www.efn.org/~acd/resources.html
- Ithaca College Career Services - https://careerservices.ithaca.edu/resources/23290/
- Jobs.Art - https://www.jobs.art/
- Ithaca College - Roy H. Park School of Communications Internship page - https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/roy-h-park-school-communications/internships-and-careers/thinking-about-internship
- New York Foundation for the Arts (Job Listings in the Arts) - www.nyfa.org/jobs
- National Park Service - www.nps.gov/personnel/intern.htm
- Museum-Ed - www.museum-ed.org/ (join listserve)
- Museum Employment Resource Center - www.museum-employment.com/
- Princeton University Art Museum - artmuseum.princeton.edu/resources/university-students/internships/
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: http://rockhall.com/internships/
- Sotheby's Institute of Art - http://www.sothebysinstitute.com/Careers/GraduateCareers.aspx