Curatorial Interns

Museum Internships in Athens

Where Meaning Meets Opportunity

Shape Your Future in the Arts

The Georgia Museum of Art offers museum internships in Athens that provide hands-on experience and mentorship to guide your next chapter. Join us in sharing more art and inspiring more people — while forging a path for a meaningful career in the arts.

Internships provide undergraduate and graduate students and beginning professionals with valuable hands-on experience in a specific area of museum work at the Georgia Museum of Art.

Internships at the museum:

• are approximately 8 to 10 hours per week (unless otherwise specified)
• are available to rising juniors, seniors and graduate students
• are paid ($13.50/hour for undergraduate students; $16/hour for graduate students
• meet the Experiential Learning requirement at UGA (undergraduate internships only)
• are non-credit, but the student may obtain course credit through an internship course in their respective departments
• have a professional development component to learn from experts in the museum field and work on key professional skills

The deadline to apply for spring semester internships is October 15. The deadline to apply for summer semester internships is March 15. The deadline to apply for fall semester internships is July 7.

Fall semester internships run concurrent with the University of Georgia fall semester. Spring semester internships run concurrent with the spring semester. Summer semester internships run concurrent with the thru-session summer semester.

Curatorial Interns

Interns working with museum curators support exhibitions from research to realization, while aiding with research for our permanent collection. To apply, please submit a 1-to-10-page writing sample and a list of completed art history courses with grades, along with your résumé and cover letter.