Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum - New York City CH

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum - New York City CH

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution offers a variety of paid and non-paid internship opportunities. The Internship Program was established to encourage promising young students of art history, architectural history, museum studies, museum education, and design to explore careers in the museum profession.

This program is designed to acquaint participants with the programs, policies, procedures, and operations of the National Design Museum and of museums in general. Interns are assigned to specific curatorial, education, or administrative departments where they will assist on special research or exhibition projects, as well as participate in daily museum activities.

The Peter Krueger Summer Internship Program - The Internship honors the memory of Peter A. Krueger who was an intern at the Museum. The Internship provides a stipend of $2,500 for a period of 10 weeks and commences the second Monday in June. Housing is not provided. Approximately ten Krueger Internships are available each year. Please see the Cooper-Hewitt website for full details.

Summer internship applications must be postmarked no later than Februaru 1 of the year of application.

Academic Year Internships

Volunteer positions are available during the academic year, based on the projected workload of the host department. All positions are volunteer. Interested applicants should submit the same materials required for the summer internship. Please see the Cooper-Hewitt website for full details.

Subject to availability internships are available in the following departments:

• Communications
• Curatorial and Traveling Exhibitions
• Development
• Drawings, Prints, &; Graphic Design
• Education
• Graphic Arts
• Image Rights
• IT
• Library
• Paper Conservation
• Product Design & Decorative Arts
• Registrar
• Textile Conservation
• Textiles
• Wallcoverings
• Web Communications

Eligibility

Internships are open to undergraduate students and graduate students; who are currently enrolled in a degree granting institution, have graduated from a degree granting institution in the last six months or having evidence that they have been accepted into a degree-granting post-graduate program within six months. Peter A. Krueger Summer Internship positions are limited to undergraduate students, and graduate students in the conservation departments.

Non-U.S. citizens are eligible to apply for a paid internship with specific visa i.e., J-1 exchange visitor, J-1 trainee or F-1 student. Non-US Citizens may apply for unpaid internships. Cooper-Hewitt will assist selected interns in acquiring required visas.

For more information and application procedures:

Contact:

Internship Coordinator
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128
http://www.cooperhewitt.org/EDUCATION/internships.asp

Posted By: Antonia Huang