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Summer Internships for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
The Met offers paid and unpaid opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates, to explore museum careers and gain professional experience during the summer.
The Met strongly encourages applications from students who are members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums and the visual arts.
The Museum Seminar (MuSe) Internship Program
The Museum Seminar (MuSe) Internship Program awards ten-week, nine-month, or twelve-month internships to students interested in a career in the arts and fields related to The Met's many departments, at both The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. In addition to developing skills through projects within Museum departments, interns participate in a weekly seminar series and interact directly with the Museum's visitors by leading public tours in the galleries.
Long term nine-month and twelve-month internships are also available. These long-term interns fully participate in the MuSe program during the summer.
The MuSe Internship Program begins on the first Monday in June. All interns must start on this date; there are no exceptions. Ten-week internships end the second week of August, when the summer MuSe program concludes. Long-term interns remain and work with their supervisors for the remainder of their internship periods.
Program Information
June 3–August 9, 2019
Full time: five days, thirty-five hours per week
Compensation: Approximately $5,250 (less applicable taxes and deductions)
The number of ten-week internships granted varies from year to year because it is subject to the number of available internship projects and resources.
Open to current undergraduate juniors and seniors, recent undergraduate graduates from a bachelor's or associate's program, and master's-level graduate students. Individuals must have completed their undergraduate or graduate degrees no more than one year prior to the application deadline. Current freshmen and sophomores are not eligible to apply for this internship, but may apply for an unpaid internship.
PhD students may be eligible to apply within the first twelve months 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 mmainterns@metmuseum.org.
Current and former Met interns: If you have been a high school intern at The Met, you are eligible to apply without any restrictions. If you have been an undergraduate or graduate intern at The Met, you are eligible to apply for a ten-week internship provided you have not already completed twelve months or three semesters as an intern. Students who have completed a one-semester internship are still eligible to apply for The Met's long-term internships. Preference will be given to applicants who have not already had an undergraduate or graduate internship experience at The Met.
All current or former interns who wish to be considered for another internship at The Met must reapply. MuSe internships may not be renewed or extended past the ten-week term, nor can former MuSe interns apply for an unpaid internship within the same department.
Undergraduate and graduate internships at the Museum are open to international applicants. Interns are responsible for ensuring that they have valid legal status under applicable U.S. visa regulations while participating in the Museum's program. Although the Museum will act as your host institution, the Museum does not sponsor visas for interns. If you require a visa, you may be eligible to participate in the Exchange Visitor Program (J-1 visa program), by going through an outside agency that has been authorized by the State Department to sponsor a J-1 trainee visa. These sponsors are responsible for supporting and monitoring foreign nationals during their exchange programs in the United States.
We recommend that you consult with the U.S. embassy in your home country to determine which visa will allow you to participate in this internship. Please be aware that obtaining a visa is usually a lengthy process and can cost upwards of US$1,500; it must be completed well in advance of the internship start date. If you are offered an internship but do not have your visa before the start date of the program, your internship will be canceled.
How to Apply
Apply using the online application. It will ask you to select which internships interest you: ten-week, nine-month, and/or twelve-month. You may apply for any and all of these internships with the same application. If you would like to be considered for a long-term internship as well as a ten-week summer internship, simply select both of those options on the application.
You'll be asked to select Museum and project areas that interest you, as well as your academic interests and skills. You will write a short essay explaining your interest in this internship and the Museum areas you've selected. You will also need to upload an unofficial transcript and a résumé describing your experience. Students applying for an internship in the Design Department will be asked to upload a portfolio.
You will also have to ask two people who know you well to write letters of recommendation for you. One of these letters must be from someone who knows you in an academic context (either a professor or instructor).
We recommend that you edit 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.
Interviews
Interviews are not required, but most internship supervisors ask to interview finalists by phone or video conference before making a decision. You will not need to travel to The Met for an interview. We will contact you directly about an interview if needed.
Due to the high volume of requests, staff are not able to conduct informational interviews. Do not contact individual staff members about internships in their departments. Please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions if you have general questions about the program.
There is no fee to apply to any of the internships.
DEADLINE: January 27, 2019, at 11:59 pm (ET). Please note: your recommendation letters must be submitted by this application deadline. We will not accept any applications, application materials, or recommendations after the deadline.
Unpaid Summer Internship
We are able to offer a very limited number of unpaid summer internships to students who are ineligible for or cannot participate in the full-time MuSe Program. Unpaid internships are intended primarily for students who are in an early, exploratory phase of their studies, such as undergraduate freshmen or sophomores. These internships are more flexible than MuSe internships, and are usually part-time (two to three days a week, with a minimum of twelve hours per week). As part of their hours unpaid interns must participate in an internship program once per week on Friday mornings. Interns may be placed in any Museum department, depending on their interests and skills, as described above. Learn about all the possible internship placement areas at The Met.
Please note that the number of unpaid internships during the summer depends upon the availability of staff resources and internship projects.
Program Information
How to Apply
There is no fee to apply for an unpaid internship.
Application deadline: March 3 2019, 11:59 pm (ET)
Notification: Last week of April
If you are applying to the MuSe Internship Program and also wish to be considered for an unpaid internship, you must complete the unpaid internship application separately. You may re-use the same essays and documents wherever applicable.
