Museum Internship

SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM 

THE KIM IGOE ADVANCED LEVEL INTERNSHIP

IN COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT

January to December, 2023; $34,000 stipend award

Individuals from all cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum seeks an exceptional student for a full-time, on-site internship, from January to December, 2023. The internship will carry a stipend award of $34,000 and will be part of the Museum’s Advanced Level Internship Program. This position is part of a new project, jointly administered by the Museum’s Registrar’s Office and the Lunder Conservation Center, in support of the Kim Igoe Endowment for the cataloguing, conservation, study, and presentation of James Hampton’s Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly, a major artwork in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Applicants for this position should have a high academic record, previous experience in a museum Registrar’s Office and be dedicated to a career as a Museum Registrar.

An application consists of a resume or CV, statement of purpose, all official or unofficial transcripts above high school and two recommendation letters (academic and/or professional). Application materials can be sent either as a package or as individual items and should be emailed to this address:
AmericanArtInternPro@si.edu by June 15, 2022.

Questions or for additional information, use the same email
address as above.