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Program summary

The Whitney’s Academic Year Internship program offers a semester-long paid internship for undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited academic program.

The internship is hybrid, with some onsite work. Interns will commit between 16–21 hours per week over 10–12 weeks for a total of 200 hours. You will also be assigned to a specific department at the Museum for the duration of the internship.

The Interpretation and Research department is responsible for helping audiences understand the work on view through a variety of interpretive materials and visitor engagement including wall labels, audio and multimedia guides, web content and videos, access programs and resources, and educator-led tours and programs.

Your responsibilities include:

• Help with preparation and production of upcoming exhibition content for multimedia guide and extended object labels
• Assist with research for upcoming special exhibitions & collection rotations, and visitor engagement strategy initiatives
• Assist with audio and video content production and assist with quality assurance for the multimedia guide for the Whitney’s exhibitions including arranging and producing audio and video interviews with exhibiting artists
• Help maintain and update the educator website and perform other ongoing communications with affiliate staff
• Prepare and archive recording and transcription of exhibition walkthroughs, prep workshops, training programs, and other materials including audio stops and digital content assets such as extended object labels and section texts
• Help coordinate the schedule of tours and other in-gallery visitor engagement programs across multiple platforms
• Attend and support in-person and virtual enrichment programs and special events for educators, including field trips, book clubs, meetings, luncheons, events, and workshops
• Observe tours and programs and contribute feedback and evaluation to docents, educators, and teaching fellows
• Gather and record attendance statistics for tours and education programs and audience use of interpretive materials
• Assist with the production of an updated Docent Program Manual

About you

Prerefed qualifications include:

• Strong art history background
• Attention to detail
• Strong interest in research and learning
• Interest in museum education and educational pedagogy
• Familiarity with WordPress or similar, Excel, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite

Compensation & benefits

Interns are paid a stipend of $3,000 throughout the internship period.

The following benefits are for full-time employees.

• Health insurance
• Generous paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Free admission to many museums in New York City and nationally.

Training & development

During your internship period, you will learn how to produce interpretive materials, guides, and other educational content for a museum. You will also develop a deeper insight into museum education and educational pedagogy; approaches to training and evaluation, including observing and giving feedback as well as improve your research, writing, and archiving skills.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• whitney.org/about/job-postings
• Youtube.com@Whitney Museum