Internships

Lafer Pre-Program Internship in Book & Paper Conservation at U-M Library

February 21, 2025

The University of Michigan Library is pleased to offer a pre-graduate program conservation internship for the summer of 2025 made possible through generous support from the Mark and Theresa Lafer Conservation and Digital Preservation Internship Fund.

3rd/4th-Year Positions Available

February 19, 2025

Conservators at Peebles Island are excited to announce the creation of two internship positions, in Paintings/Frames and Wooden Objects/Objects, targeted at graduate students looking for final-year internship placements.

Conservation Pre-Program Internships in Outdoor Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

February 15, 2025

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston seeks applicants for two pre-program conservation internships, focused primarily on maintenance of the outdoor sculpture collection.

Graduate Internship in Furniture and Frame Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

February 15, 2025

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston seeks applicants for a conservation graduate internship, for a period of up to one year starting September 8, 2025 (a later start and shorter duration can be accommodated), to assist with the condition assessment of furniture, frames, and other related wooden artifacts, including photographic and written documentation, technical examination, and select scientific analysis.

Graduate Internship in Textile Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

February 15, 2025

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston seeks applicants for a conservation graduate internship, for 8-10 weeks in summer 2025, to assist the Gabriella and Leo Beranek Textile Conservation Lab with condition checking for exhibitions, loans, and acquisitions, conservation treatment, gallery rotations, and rehousing for storage.

Graduate Summer Wade Internship in Paper Conservation – Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA)

February 15, 2025

The Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA) in Cleveland, Ohio is seeking a candidate with a desire to do serious bench-work for an 8 to 10-week internship in paper conservation funded by the Wade Foundation.

Summer 2025 Willman Spawn Conservation Internship at APS

February 15, 2025

The American Philosophical Society is again offering a paid summer conservation internship for a current book or paper major enrolled in a graduate program in art conservation.

Caroline Dwight Bain Archival Fellowship – The Massachusetts Historical Society

February 11, 2025

The Massachusetts Historical Society is pleased to announce a summer fellowship in the conservation lab.

Collections Care Intern – Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

February 6, 2025

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens seeks a collections care intern to assist with preventive conservation efforts in the historic house and gardens.

Summer Internship at the Field Museum (focus on social history items from the Pacific)

February 1, 2025

The Field Museum is pleased to announce one 2025 Regenstein Pacific Conservation Internship. The internship is intended to provide the intern with experience in the care and treatment of organic collections, primarily mats, tapa, and wood from the Pacific.

Internship Opportunity: NMAI Nine-Month Conservation Internship, Fall 2025

February 1, 2025

One nine-month internship is offered each fall for those seeking experience in cultural heritage conservation and those in allied fields, such as collections care, registration, curatorial, archives, as well as artists, makers or mountmakers, who are interested in expanding their conservation and collections care experience. The intern will gain experience in providing collections access to Native/Indigenous artists, communities and researchers; supporting collaborative work around care and stewardship, and related documentation practices; skill building in preventive conservation, opportunities for mountmaking and implementing treatment and decision making through integrated diverse knowledge sets and values.

Georgia Archives Pre-Program Conservation Internship

January 15, 2025

The Georgia Archives, an institution of the University System of Georgia, together with the Friends of the Georgia Archives and History (FOGAH), is now accepting applications for its 2025 Pre-Program Summer Conservation Internship.

Internship Opportunity – Objects

January 10, 2025

The Mississippi Department of Archives & History (MDAH) is seeking a Museum Conservation Intern to serve in the
curatorial services section of the Museum division.

Paid internship opportunity at the Saint Louis Art Museum (Summer 2025)

January 7, 2025

The Saint Louis Art Museum is pleased to offer two 10-week summer internships for current graduate students in paper or paintings conservation.

2025 Central Park Conservancy Monuments Conservation Technician Internship (MCT)

December 15, 2024

The Conservancy is offering six full-time summer monuments internship positions in outdoor sculpture and architectural conservation and associated park maintenance.