The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum’s galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.
Organization Website: https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/internships/undergraduate-and-graduate-students/fall-and-spring
Organization Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10028
INTERNSHIP INFORMATION
Dates of Internship: Fall 2023/Spring 2024
Industry: Arts/Arts Management
Preferred Academic Level: No preference
Description of Internship: The Met has over forty department areas that host interns from a wide variety of academic backgrounds. For example, students majoring in computer science might apply to intern in our Digital or Information Systems & Technology departments. Engineering students might be interested in our Buildings and Construction Department. Art history and other humanities students gain valuable experience in curatorial departments, as well as Editorial, Education, and Development. Studio art, design, or photography majors have thrived in areas like Digital, Design, or Imaging. Our Department of Scientific Research welcomes students with a strong background in science.
Interns may also be placed at The Met Cloisters to work on education, library, or curatorial projects. The departmental placement is onsite at The Met Cloisters, but these interns participate fully in orientation and all other intern activities and programs at The Met Fifth Avenue. If you have a specific interest in The Met Cloisters, select this museum area (along with any additional areas that interest you) on your application.
Internships are available to:
Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in a degree-granting program;
Recent graduates of an undergraduate or graduate program who have graduated no more than twelve months before the application deadline;
PhD students within the first two years of their program, provided that they have not yet achieved candidacy; PhD candidates are not eligible for internships.
If you are unsure about your PhD student eligibility, contact us at collegeprograms@metmuseum.org.
Former interns: If you have been an undergraduate or graduate intern at The Met, you are eligible to reapply, provided you have not already completed twelve months or three semesters as an intern. Former interns who have completed a one-semester internship are still eligible to apply for The Met’s long-term internships for recent graduates.
Current interns: Supervisors may apply to the Education Department to renew the internship of a current intern for the same project or department. Current interns who wish to be considered for an internship in another department must reapply.
Preprogram conservation internships: If you are no longer a student or recent graduate and are looking for a preprogram internship in a conservation department in order to apply to a graduate conservation program, contact us at collegeprograms@metmuseum.org to inquire about your eligibility.
Desired Skills:
All interns are employed by The Met and must have valid U.S. work authorization. If you are not a U.S. citizen nor a permanent resident with authorization to live and work in the U.S., please see “International Applicants” above.
As employees of The Met, all interns must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Please apply using the online application. You will need to upload an unofficial transcript and a résumé describing your past experiences. Students applying for an internship in the Design Department will be asked to upload a portfolio.
The Met uses a rubric to evaluate applications.
We recommend that you review the rubric and your application carefully before submitting, and perhaps ask one of your instructors or professors to look over your essay and/or résumé as well. If you are unsure about how to write a résumé, we suggest you contact the career services center at your college or university for guidance.
The Met also offers online information sessions each semester for students to learn more about our program.
Fall and Spring Application Deadlines:
Internship Period Application Deadline Notification
Spring 2024- by September 20, 2023, 5 pm (ET) Second week of December
Fall 2023- by May 24, 2023, 5 pm (ET) Second week of August
Interviews:
We will contact finalists for a short phone or video interview. We do not conduct in-person interviews.
Online Application: https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/met_fall_and_spring_internship
