Internships

Undergrad Summer Intern Conservation – Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Listing Start Date: January 9, 2025
Expires: February 3, 2025

ACMAA Summer Art Conservation Internships 2025: Introduction to Works on Paper and Photography Conservation

Summer Undergrad Intern – $19 per hour, 8 weeks, June-July

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is pleased to offer an 8-week paid summer internship for an undergraduate student (or recently graduated) who is interested in pursuing a career in art conservation. The internship will give individuals an opportunity to explore a career in paper or photography conservation. The Amon Carter Museum’s collection, comprising tens of thousands of photographs and works of art on paper, offers a unique learning experience for individuals seeking to gain experience in art conservation. It is the aim of this internship program to promote diversity within the field of art conservation through offering paid internships and by encouraging individuals from underrepresented communities to apply.

The intern will assist the conservation staff in a variety of activities including collection inventories, art conservation treatment, surveys, and re-housing, as well as day-to-day activities such as examination of works of art to be exhibited and documentation of their condition. The interns will work directly with Conservation and Collections Management staff. They will learn about art handling, housing materials and methods, as well as the history of artists’ materials and techniques and the identification photographic and printing processes. The intern will be introduced to the American Institute for Conservation’s Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice.

This internship is open to:

• Currently enrolled undergraduate students, or recent graduates (within the last two years) with some experience in art conservation and with backgrounds in science, humanities, or art and art history.

For more information and application instructions, visit the museum’s website.