Academic Year Internships at The Jewish Museum
Job Title: Intern
Job Location: New York, NY
The Jewish Museum:
The Jewish Museum serves people of all religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds through world-class art exhibitions ranging from ancient to contemporary. Founded in 1904 and located on New York City’s Museum Mile, the Jewish Museum aspires to be the global leader at the center of Jewish culture.
The Museum maintains a unique collection of nearly 30,000 works of art, ceremonial objects, and media reflecting the global Jewish experience over more than 4,000 years. The Museum’s thought-provoking, innovative, and intellectually stimulating exhibitions and education programs serve a wide range of audiences, including families, teens, students, educators, and visitors with disabilities. As an identity-based institution, the Museum plays an important role among cultural institutions, challenging all forms of bigotry and discrimination and promoting understanding among wide audiences. The Jewish Museum invites applicants of all backgrounds to consider joining the Museum in its work.
The Jewish Museum is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all and to promoting a positive work culture that celebrates difference, challenges prejudice, and ensures fairness. Integrity, collegiality, and excellence are central to the Museum’s values. These values, along with an institution-wide commitment to Diversity, Equity, Access & Inclusion (DEAI), are embedded in the Museum’s strategic plan and will be the focus of a comprehensive DEAI action plan.
The Position:
The Jewish Museum is hosting paid part-time internships during the academic year for undergraduate and graduate students in the NYC area. Interns will work a hybrid schedule, both remote and onsite at the Museum, for the equivalent of two days per week from November 2024 thru May 2025, including a winter break and flexible scheduling around other holidays. The available department positions are listed below. In addition to the department-specific work, there will be scheduled programs in which interns will connect as a group and learn about work happening at the Museum in discussion with staff from various departments.
Responsibilities Include:
- Completion of department work
- Regular communication and meetings with department supervisor
- Attend regularly scheduled programs for interns
Requirements:
- Current university student (BA or MA level)
- Resident of the NYC metropolitan area
- Availability to work onsite at least one day per week
- Interest in museum work, art, and Jewish culture
- Must have internet access and computer with camera
To apply, send resume, cover letter, and internship application to interns@thejm.org. Make sure to save your completed internship application PDF before sending.
All interns must have valid U.S. work authorization.
On the internship application form under “type of internship sought,” please indicate to which department position you are applying:
Departments:
–Access: As a member of the Education team, work on accessibility initiatives across the institution, and assist with programs for visitors who are blind or have low vision, who are Deaf, who have memory loss, or who have learning or developmental disabilities.
–Curatorial: Research specific topics in art; organize visual material; create and maintain checklists and exhibition documents/presentations; assist with generation and editing of exhibition texts.
–Design: Help design print and digital assets and prepare design files for production as part of the Creative Services Department. (Design candidates must submit include a portfolio with their application.)
–Digital Content and Communications: Working alongside a dynamic and cross-functional team whose scope encompasses marketing, social media, and press, the intern will create outreach strategies to support awareness among target audiences for the Jewish Museum’s exhibitions and public programs