2025 – 2026 Long Term Internships for Recent Graduates at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Job Title: Intern
Location: New York, NY
JOB DESCRIPTION
Full-time nine-month and twelve-month internships are awarded every year to recent graduates of degree-granting programs at the graduate and undergraduate level. Long-term interns begin on the first Monday in June and participate fully in the ten-week Museum Seminar (MuSe) Internship Program. Please read the description of the MuSe Program before applying. At the conclusion of the summer session, they continue work with their supervisors for the remainder of their internship period and participate in weekly programming for the Fall- and Spring-Semester Internship Program.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Available Internships:
Twelve-Month Internship in Live Arts
Twelve-Month Preprogram Conservation Internship
Lifchez/Stronach Nine-Month Curatorial Internship
The Emily K. Rafferty Twelve-Month Internship in Museum Administration
The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Twelve-Month Curatorial Internship in American Decorative Arts
Twelve-Month Internship in the Digital Department
Twelve-Month Access and Inclusion Education Internship
Twelve-Month Teen Programs Education Internship
Virginia Barbato Internship in The Costume Institute (Nine Months)
More information on each position can be found on the Met website: https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/internships/undergraduate-and-graduate-students/long-term
QUALIFICATIONS
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” on our website.
Met interns commit to being fully present and onsite for the duration of the internship. They are not permitted to take courses or hold additional jobs or internships that coincide with their scheduled Met internship work hours.
Internship dates are fixed and not flexible.
TO APPLY
Application deadline: January 15, 2025, 5 pm (ET)
Notification: by the end of April 2025
If you need an access accommodation or have a question regarding available accommodations, or if you need this application in an alternative format to successfully submit your candidacy, please contact collegeprograms@metmuseum.org.
The application will ask you to select which internships interest you: a part-time internship, a MuSe Program ten-week internship, or a MuSe Program long-term internship. You may apply for any and all of these internships with the same application.
The application requires:
Short essay responses (including an essay specific to the long-term internship(s) to which you are applying)
An unofficial transcript
A résumé describing any work or extracurricular experiences
For Design Department candidates, a PDF portfolio or link to an online portfolio
Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from a professor or instructor who knows you in an academic context
Interviews
Interviews are required for finalists only. If you are selected as a finalist, we will contact you directly to set up a virtual interview.
Please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions if you have general questions about the program, or register for one of our online information sessions to learn more about the program and application process.
COMPENSATION: $26/hr
Application Deadline: 1/15/2025