Internships | Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney's intern program offers training and direct experience working in one of New York City’s most exciting museums. If you are a college student interested in learning more about how museums work or are considering a museum career, we encourage you to apply. The Whitney’s internship program seeks talented people of all backgrounds—we value diversity of cultures, races and ethnicities, gender expressions, and abilities.

Interns are placed in departments across the Museum where they assist professional staff, interact with the public, conduct research, provide administrative support, and learn about modern and contemporary American art. Interns also gain valuable training, skills, and work experience as well as an opportunity to build a network of professional contacts. 

These opportunities are made possible by a generous grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation for summer internships and a generous endowment from Julie and Doug Ostrover for academic year internships.

Summer Internship

Hearst Summer Interns

The Whitney’s summer internship is a full-time, paid, nine-week session primarily for undergraduate students. The program includes training, direct work experience, professional development, and a weekly speaker series.

The 2023 internship will be hybrid, meaning interns will be expected to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week. The program will begin on Monday, June 5 and end on Friday, August 4, and participants are expected to be available Monday through Friday for nine consecutive weeks, five days per week. Please review the department descriptions and refer to the list on the application—not all departments will be taking interns for the summer.

Highlights:

$5,000 stipend for full participation

Interns are assigned to a specific museum department for the duration

Weekly speaker series featuring curators and other museum professionals

Interns are partnered with a mentor

Interns spend a portion of their time working with Museum visitors (to be determined)

Free admission to most New York City museums, regular employee discounts at the Museum restaurants and retail store as well as invitations to exhibition openings

Qualifications:

Priority consideration is given to rising juniors and seniors at accredited undergraduate programs

Students must have completed two years of academic course work by the time the internship program begins. Rising juniors, seniors and graduating seniors will be considered.

Certain positions may require graduate-level training and/or professional experience, noted in the department descriptions.

Applications for the 2023 Hearst Summer Internship are now open. The deadline to submit your materials is February 28, 2023 at 5pm ET.

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