Careers in Museum

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in museum? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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There’s a museum for almost everything: art, science, math, history, people. If you love the history and culture of a particular subject and want to preserve it so other people can enjoy as much as you can, consider working in a museum.

You could work in museum administration and operations, including the communications, fundraising, and finance departments. Outside of museum administration, jobs include:

Archivist, Historian, or Librarian: Identify and catalogue records
Curator: Choose the items displayed in the museum
Museum Educator: Educate the public on the museum’s holdings
Conservator: Restore original documents and objects

A bachelor’s degree is required for almost all positions in a museum, along with strong communication skills and a love of the museum’s subject. A master’s degree in museum studies or a related field is required for some positions.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Museum

Old Sturbridge Village - Old Sturbridge Village is the “largest outdoor history museum in the Northeast” and it “depicts a rural New England town of the 1830s.”

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Job Title	Location
Banquet Server - DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston - Westborough Job	Westborough, MA
PM HOST / HOSTESS - DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston - Westborough Job	Westborough, MA
Banquet Houseperson	Westborough, MA
Security Officer - Doubletree By Hilton Hotel Boston - Westborough Job	Westborough, MA
Security Officer - DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston - Westborough Job	Westborough, MA

See all 6 job postings

Bay Area Discovery Museum - The Bay Area Discovery Museum is a Sausalito, CA based museum that “is designed to ignite creative thinking in children.”

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Job Title	Location
Birthday Party Assistant	Sausalito, CA
Marketing Intern	Sausalito, CA
Development Intern	Sausalito, CA
Evaluation Intern	Sausalito, CA
Arts Program Intern	Sausalito, CA

See all 21 job postings

Museum Hack - Museum Hack is a New York, NY based upstart that developed a “tour to turn one of New York’s most spectacular cultural institutions into a totally unique experience.”

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Job Title	Location
Communications Intern	New York, NY
322 - Maintenance Mechanic Job	Marietta, PA
Maker Corps Fellowship	Cleveland, OH
Sr. Software Engineer	Burbank, CA

See all 4 job postings

Brooklyn Museum - At over half a million square feet, Brooklyn Museum is “one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country.”

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Job Title	Location
Supervisory Visitor Use Assistant (Fee Collection), GS-0303-06	New York, NY
College & Career Coach	New York, NY
Project Coordinator	New York, NY
PROGRAM DIRECTORS	New York, NY
Director of Consumer Lending	Pearl River, NY

See all 29 job postings

Poetry Foundation - The Poetry Foundation is a Chicago, IL based “independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture.”

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Job Title	Location
Summer Intern, Design & Development (NYC)	New York, NY
Master Teacher	Brooklyn, NY
Summer 2014 Course Credit Internship Program	Atlanta, GA
Financial Data Analyst	Santa Monica, CA
Compatibility QA Analyst	Santa Monica, CA

See all 11 job postings

21c Museum Hotels - 21c Museum Hotels is a company based in Louisville, KY that operates hotels “born out of a desire to integrate contemporary art into everyday life.”

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Job Title	Location
Medical Oncologist/Hematologist	Rogers, AR
APN/Nurse Practitioner	Rogers, AR

See all 2 job postings

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is a non-profit that runs two separate museums: the de Young in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park.

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Job Title	Location
Summer Education Internship - Teaching Artists Program (Unpaid)	San Francisco, CA
Summer Education Internship - Museum Ambassador Program (Unpaid)	San Francisco, CA
Education Internship with School and Teacher Programs (Unpaid)	San Francisco, CA
Arts Program Intern	Sausalito, CA
Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse	Gloucester, MA

See all 92 job postings

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - The NYC based Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum promotes “the awareness and understanding of history, science and service" through collections and exhibitions.

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Job Title	Location
Skilled Nursing Facility Occupational Therapist	Midlothian, VA
Need a Limousine Service	Washington, DC
Sales Photographer - San Diego Air & Space Museum	San Diego, CA
Disney International College Program Coordinator (Per Diem)	Montclair, NJ
Front Desk Agent	Vienna, VA

See all 91 job postings

The Tech Museum of Innovation - The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA is a "hands-on technology and science museum for people of all ages and backgrounds."

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Job Title	Location
Out-of-School Time Curriculum and Instruction Internship - Innovation Labs	New York, NY
Director, Frugal Innovation Laboratory	Santa Clara, CA
Communications Specialist 4 (7478U) Job #17468	Berkeley, CA
Director, Frugal Innovation Laboratory	Santa Clara, CA
Communications Specialist 4 7478U) Job	Berkeley, CA

See all 15 job postings

Museum of the City of New York - The Museum of the City of New York is a private, not-for-profit, educational institution founded in 1923 for the purpose of presenting the history of New York City.

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Job Title	Location
Butler - Banquet Server - Restaurant Associates	Princeton, NJ
Sales / New Business Executive	New York, NY
Designer Job	Lancaster, PA
Supervisory Visitor Use Assistant (Fee Collection), GS-0303-06	New York, NY
Administrative Assistant	Chicago, IL

See all 365 job postings

Rubin Museum of Art - The Rubin Museum of Art in New York, NY "promotes understanding, and inspires personal connections to the ideas, cultures, and art of Himalayan Asia.”

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Job Title	Location
Freelance Audio Visual Assistant	New York, NY
Video Editorial Intern	New York, NY
VIDEO PRODUCTION INTERNSHIP	New York, NY
MEDIA CONTENT CREATOR INTERNSHIP (writers, photographers, videographers):	New York, NY
Full-Time Renewable Term Faculty and Chair of Foreign Languages	New York, NY

See all 4 job postings

South Street Seaport Museum - The South Street Seaport Museum “is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of New York as a port city," and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Development Assistant, Part-Time	New York, NY
Buildings and Facilities Manager	New York, NY

See all 2 job postings

Children’s Creativity Museum - The Children’s Creativity Museum is a San Francisco, CA based “interactive art and technology museum for kids" that is all about creativity.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern	Sausalito, CA
Heart Guide - Halle Heart Children's Museum	Tempe, AZ
Heart Guide - Halle Heart Childrens Museum	Tempe, AZ
Sr. Global Contract Specialist	Indianapolis, IN
Information Systems Specialist 8 (Senior IT Portfolio Analyst)	Salem, OR

See all 3 job postings

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The Museum of Mathematics - The Museum of Mathematics in New York, NY is opening in 4 months to be the only math museum in the United States.

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Job Title	Location
R&D Software Intern	Colorado Springs, CO
Associate Manager, Americas Strategy	Atlanta, GA
Associate Manager, Americas Strategy	Atlanta, GA
Intern Systems Data Science, Predicting Behaviors and Outcomes	San Francisco, CA
Analytics Consultant - Digital Revenue	Atlanta, GA

See all 61 job postings

Historic New England - Historic New England is a non-profit that works to preserve and promote the appreciation of New England's history.

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Job Title	Location
Line Cook Intern	Stowe, VT
Assistant Executive Housekeeper	Yosemite National Park, CA
Intern - Software Engineer	Quincy, MA
Valet Attendant - Part Time	Stowe, VT
Valet Attendant - Full Time	Stowe, VT

See all 199 job postings

Exploratorium - The Exploratorium is a San Francisco, CA museum that focuses on art, science, and human perception, and they have some great job opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
VP Product	San Francisco, CA
Grants Manager	San Francisco, CA
Production Operations Manager	San Francisco, CA
Director of Sales, Western Region	San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Bay Area Total Joint Job	California

See all 5 job postings

Martha’s Vineyard Museum - The Martha's Vineyard Museum "is "dedicated to furthering an interest in the history and culture of the Island" and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
SENIOR CONSULTANT - MGPO FINANCE	Boston, MA
Chief Emergency Medicine Job Coastal Massachusetts	Massachusetts
Coolest Nanny job in BH & Malibu!	Los Angeles, CA

See all 3 job postings

Museum of Latin American Art - If you’re a big fan of Latin American art, you’ll probably want to take a look at MOLAA’s excellent job opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Instructional Faculty	Rochester, NY
Social Science/Humanities Research Associate III - Curatorial Research Associate	Austin, TX
Curator -Advanced (DCA #4510)	Santa Fe, NM
Social Science/Humanities Research Associate III - Curatorial Research Associate	Austin, TX
Director	Pittsburgh, PA

See all 11 job postings

New York Transit Museum - New York City's transit system is the best in the United States and its long history is on display at the New York Transit Museum, which is hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Contingent Temporary - Retail (Sales) Associates	New York, NY
ED Physician Assistant	Pennington, NJ
Sr. Curator	New York, NY
Pediatrics - Physician	Worcester, MA
ED Physician	Trenton, NJ

See all 8 job postings

Chemical Heritage Foundation - The Chemical Heritage Foundation is all about fostering "an understanding of chemistry’s impact on society," and they offer some exciting job opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Associate Scientist II	East Hanover, NJ
Associate Scientist II	East Hanover, NJ
PhDScientists/Engineers (Entry Level) BioprocessEngineer	Wilmington, DE
Associate Scientist II	East Hanover, NJ
Master Production Scheduler	Hopkinsville, KY

See all 26 job postings

Center for Puppetry Arts - Do you love puppets? If so, you might want to consider a career at the Center for Puppetry Arts.

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Job Title	Location
Summer Children's Theater Internship	Springville, NY
Recreation Specialist	Manhattan, NY
Gastroenterology	Selma, AL
Internal Medicine	Selma, AL
Internal Medicine - Physician	Selma, AL

See all 5 job postings

Chicago History Museum - If you find that Chicago history speaks to you, then you’ll want to take a look at the Chicago History Museum’s Jobs page.

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Job Title	Location
Assistant Editor, Collections	New Haven, CT
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in IL	Bloomington, IL
Intern - Institutional Archives in the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries	Chicago, IL
Intern - Collection Information Access	Chicago, IL
Intern - Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Archive Practicum	Chicago, IL

See all 54 job postings

Whitney Museum of American Art - If contemporary American art speaks to you, then you have to check out jobs at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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Job Title	Location
Documentary Media Internship in San Francisco	San Francisco, CA
Product Designer, New York	New York, NY
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director for Dev	New York, NY
Visitor Assistant, Part-time Temporary	New York, NY
Membership Services Assistant (14 hours per week; Saturday and Evening hours are required)	New York, NY

See all 3 job postings

Nantucket Historical Association - If you love Nantucket's history, then a career with the Nantucket Historical Association might be exactly what you're looking for.

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Job Title	Location
Chief Curator	Nantucket, MA

See all 1 job postings

Lower East Side Tenement Museum - If you want to be part of sharing the history of the immigrants who built this country, then take a look at Jobs at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.

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Job Title	Location
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER	New York, NY
Evening Events Assistant	New York, NY
Communications Director	New York, NY
Part Time Visitor Services Associate	New York, NY

See all 4 job postings

Museum of Food and Drink - If you love the culture of food, a job with the Museum of Food and Drink would be a dream come true.

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Job Title	Location
Cashier (F&B) - Wahweap Grille	Page, AZ
Need catering	Albuquerque, NM
Food Service Worker (Barista)	San Simeon, CA
Need a Catering Service for a Cocktail Party	Naperville, IL
Cashier (F&B)	Tampa, FL

See all 92 job postings

Thomas Jefferson Foundation - If you don’t get lost in the excitement of reading up on Thomas Jefferson’s place in history, then a job at Monticello probably isn’t for you.

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Job Title	Location
Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator	Philadelphia, PA
DEAN, BATTEN SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY	Charlottesville, VA
Senior Writer - Jefferson Foundation	Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Director - University of Virginia Hillel	Charlottesville, VA
Engagement Associate - University of Virginia Hillel	Charlottesville, VA

See all 11 job postings

International Coalition of Sites of Conscience - If you're interested in the history of human rights and social justice, then you should check out Jobs at International Coalition of Sites of Conscience.

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Job Title	Location
Communications Director	New York, NY

See all 1 job postings

National September 11 Memorial & Museum - If you were greatly affected by 9/11, then you should browse through the open positions at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

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Job Title	Location
School and Teacher Programas Coordinator	New York, NY
Accounting Manager - Revenue	New York, NY
Accounting Manager - Revenue	New York, NY

See all 3 job postings

Hockey Hall of Fame - We’re not getting a lot done here today in Chicago with a parade going on, so I’m going to leave it to you to see if a job at the Hockey Hall of Fame is for you

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Job Title	Location
Graphic Design Intern - Sports Marketing	Chicago, IL
Sharepoint Developer	New York, NY
Orthopedics - Physician	Muskogee, OK
Obstetrics & Gynecology - Physician	Muskogee, OK
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Physician	Muskogee, OK

See all 7 job postings

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - If you’d like to have a job giving money away (not Ed McMahon style though), then you should check out The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Jobs page on Idealist.

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Job Title	Location
The Andrew W. Mellon Summer Academy and Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program	Chicago, IL
Carolina Digital Humanities Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow	Chapel Hill, NC
Conservation Research and Finance Program Analyst	Boston, MA
University-wide Seminar Coordinator	Cambridge, MA
Mellon-Keiter Postdoctoral Fellowship in Russian Art	Amherst, MA

See all 16 job postings

New York Hall of Science - If you’d like to work at the New York Hall of Science, then check out their Jobs page. Right now they're looking for a Visitor Services Assistant.

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Job Title	Location
HR Intern	Corona, NY
Instructional Faculty	Rochester, NY
SUNY Oswego - Help Desk Coordinator	Oswego, NY
Conference Housing Coordinator (Seasonal)	New York, NY
Data Manager / Database Administrator (DBA)	New Haven, CT

See all 55 job postings

Academy of Natural Sciences - The Academy is now approaching its 200th anniversary, and if you want to be able to celebrate it with them, you’ll want to take a look at their Jobs page.

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Job Title	Location
Acute & Rehab General Occupational Therapist	Malvern, PA
PA-C Certified Physcian Assistant	Cape Girardeau, MO
Production Graphic Designer	Baltimore, MD
Instructional Designer I	Baltimore, MD
CLUES Program Internship	Philadelphia, PA

See all 81 job postings

International Center of Photography - If you love photography, but want to do more than just take pictures, then the International Center of Photography is a perfect place for you.

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Job Title	Location
Interactive Graphic Designer	Waltham, MA
HR Intern	New York, NY
Graphic Artist	Herndon, VA
Instructional Faculty	Rochester, NY
Communications Specialist	Bethesda, MD

See all 60 job postings

Minnesota Children’s Museum - But what about intellectually stimulating jobs for you? The Minnesota Children’s Museum Jobs page has those for you.

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Job Title	Location
Sales Representative Commissioned Gift Industry	Columbus, OH
Sales Representative Gift Industry	Green Bay, WI
Sales Representative Commissioned Gift Industry-Local Canidates Only	Appleton, WI
Director, Wisconsin Dialysis	Madison, WI
Hospitalist Job	La Crosse, WI

See all 15 job postings

National Building Museum - If you have a passion for buildings, then a job with National Building Museum will lay the perfect foundation for your career.

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Job Title	Location
Certified Industrial Hygientist	Reston, VA
Designer Job	Lancaster, PA
Communications Supervisor (Shuttle Supervisor)	Bullfrog, UT
Accountant	Seattle, WA
Visitor Use Assistant (Fee Collection), GS-0303-04	Yorktown, VA

See all 324 job postings

National Archives - You can start learning about what it’s like to work at the National Archives by visiting their Careers page, and then you can check out their job listings.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern	San Francisco, CA
Digital Asset System Manager	Columbus, OH
Appraiser	Turlock, CA
Skilled Nursing Facility Occupational Therapist	Midlothian, VA
Calvin Klein, Inc. Corporate Internship Program - General Submission	New York, NY

See all 790 job postings

Museum of Science, Boston - If you were a nerdy kid like me who loved science and you want to share that passion with today’s kids, check out jobs at the Museum of Science, Boston.

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Job Title	Location
STEAM Lab Director	Boston, MA
Windows Systems Administrator	Cambridge, MA
Intern - Software Engineer	Quincy, MA
Summer Education & Public Programs Internships	Cambridge, MA
Software Developer Intern	Boston, MA

See all 44 job postings

Pro Football Hall of Fame - Whether you're a football player or a job seeker, getting a place at the Pro Football Hall of Fame isn't easy.

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Job Title	Location
Intern - Hardware Engineer	Cleveland, OH
Sales Representative	Columbus, OH
ASIC Design Verification, Temporary	Cleveland, OH
ASIC Design Verification	Cleveland, OH
Administrative Assistant - Part-Time (Temporary)	Cleveland, OH

See all 46 job postings

Boston Children’s Museum - Boston Children\'s Museum\'s Jobs page was updated just yesterday, and it includes quite a few entry level job opportunities targeted towards new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern	Boston, MA
Human Resources Intern	Boston, MA
Product Marketing Intern	Boston, MA
Business Analyst Intern	Boston, MA
Software Developer Intern	Boston, MA

See all 12 job postings

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