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

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
Development Intern	Sausalito, CA
Discovery Guide	Sausalito, CA
Marketing Intern	Sausalito, CA
Evaluation Intern	Sausalito, CA
Arts Program Intern	Sausalito, CA

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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
Art History Research Intern and Administrative Assistant	New York, NY
Communications Intern and Social Media Ninja	New York, NY
Sales and Development Intern	New York, NY
Freelance Event Photographer	New York, NY
Sr. Software Engineer	Burbank, CA

See all 5 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
Technical Buyer	Sun Valley, CA
Junior Video Editor	New York, NY
Live-out, Part time position Nanny Job in Brooklyn Park	Brooklyn Park, MN
New York City Sports Medicine Practice	New York
New York City Trauma Practice	New York

See all 27 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
Assistant Professor,English CreativeWriting Poetry	Corpus Christi, TX
Assistant Professor,English Romantic Bitish Lit	Corpus Christi, TX
Dean College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	Orono, ME
SUNY Oswego - Assistant Professor of Screenwriting	Oswego, NY
Assistant Professor of Screenwriting	Oswego, NY

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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
Director of Hotel Development - Louisville	Louisville, KY
Rooms Director	Cincinnati, OH
Associate Director of Sales	Bentonville, AR
Event Sales Manager	Louisville, KY

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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
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse	New Brunswick, NJ
Pediatric Open Heart Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse	Philadelphia, PA
Emergency Room Registered Nurse	Boston, MA
Emergency Room Holding Area Registered Nurse	Boston, MA
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse	Boston, MA

See all 112 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 Physical Therapist	Culpeper, VA
Inpatient Acute Care Physical Therapist	Warrenton, VA
Senior Mechanical Engineer	Washington, DC
Comp Food Attendant (Busperson)	Vienna, VA
Restaurant Crew in Air space museum	Washington, DC

See all 85 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
Communications Intern and Social Media Ninja	New York, NY
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor - Fashion and/or Textile Design	Ithaca, NY
Gallery Interpreter- Full Time	San Jose, CA
Gallery Interpreter	San Jose, CA
Gallery Interpreter- Part Tme	San Jose, CA

See all 18 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
Software Architect	New York, NY
Economic Education Tour Guide (Part-Time)	New York, NY
ENT - Massachusetts - Western MA/Berkshires area - Starting salary $325k-$350k!	Berkshire, MA
Palliative Care - New York - Albany Region - Top Salary, Great Location, Balanced Lifestyle	New York, NY
Hospitalist -Obstetrics/Gynecology - (Hospitalist -OB/GYN) Locum Tenens	Cooperstown, NY

See all 314 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
Full-Time Renewable Term Faculty and Chair of Foreign Languages	New York, NY
Clinical Assistant Professor (Human Anatomy)	El Paso, TX
Assistant Professor - Department of Art	El Paso, TX
Membership Manager	New York

See all 5 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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No current job openings.

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
Heart Guide - Halle Heart Children's Museum	Tempe, AZ
Marketing Intern	Sausalito, CA
Not-A-School Early Childhood Education Intern	Sausalito, CA
Child Care Director	Saint Petersburg, FL

See all 4 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
High School Teachers	Los Angeles, CA
Director of Information Technology	Los Angeles, CA
Education/Library Science	East Bay, CA
Regional Coordinator (Part Time)	New York, NY
OST Educational Programs Coordinator	Richmond, VA

See all 46 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
Pastry Intern	Stowe, VT
Assistant Front Office Manager	Yosemite National Park, CA
OT / OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST	Providence, RI
Intern - Software Engineer	Quincy, MA
Physician Hand Ortho Suregery Jobs - ME	America City, KS

See all 237 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
Associate Workshop Manager	San Francisco, CA
Guest Services Associate (on-call)	San Francisco, CA
Merchandise Expediter (On-call)	San Francisco, CA
Gallery 3D Designer	San Francisco, CA
Production Operations Manager	San Francisco, CA

See all 10 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
New! Chief Emergency Medicine Job Coastal Massachusetts	Massachusetts

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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
Spring 2014 Internship	New York, NY
Assistant Professor, American Art	Boulder, CO
Neonatology	New Orleans, LA
Ophthalmology - Retina	New Orleans, LA
Visiting Assistant Professor in Art History	Geneseo, NY

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
Pediatrics - Massachusetts - Central MA/Worcester area	Worcester, MA
Salesforce Developer (Sr Level)	New York, NY
ED Physician Assistant	Pennington, NJ
ED Physician	Pennington, NJ
Pediatrics - Massachusetts - Central MA/Worcester area	Worcester, MA

See all 6 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
PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST Job	Skillman, NJ
PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST Job	Skillman, NJ
Research Bench Chemist	Indianapolis, IN
PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST Job	Trenton, NJ
PhDScientists/Engineers (Entry Level) BioprocessEngineer	Wilmington, DE

See all 20 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
Physician (MD, DO, Resident) Internal Medicine	Selma, AL
Physician (MD, DO, Resident) Gastroenterology	Selma, AL
Psychiatry - Physician	New London, CT
Internal Medicine - Physician	Selma, AL
Gastroenterology - Physician	Selma, AL

See all 4 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/Associate Professor of Media Theory	Buffalo, NY
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Art History and Archeaology	St. Louis, MO
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in IL	Bloomington, IL
MD - PEDS	Waukegan, IL
Postwar/Contemporary Art History & Museum/Gallery Studies	Keene, NH

See all 61 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
Communications Associate	New York, NY
Docent	New York, NY

See all 2 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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No current job openings.

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
Manager of Visitor Services	New York, NY

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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
Need catering	Baltimore, MD
Waiter-Waitress	Philadelphia, PA
Banquet Server	Monterey, CA
Gift Shop/ Cafe Worker	Benson, AZ
Need a Caterer	Nashville, TN

See all 56 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
Director of Alumni Relations	Philadelphia, PA
DIRECTOR FOR ANNUAL GIVING	Charlottesville, VA
Lecturer in Directing and Acting	Charlottesville, VA
Professor of Public Policy (Economics) - Open Rank	Charlottesville, VA

See all 22 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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No current job openings.

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
Physician (Gastroenterologist)	Beckley, WV
Major Gifts Officer	New York, NY
Associate Admissions Manager	New York, NY
Admissions Assistant	New York, NY

See all 4 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
Bartender- Table 45 Restaurant- InterContinental Conference Center	Cleveland, OH
New Student Orientation - Coordinator	Oswego, NY
SUNY Oswego - New Student Orientation - Coordinator	Oswego, NY
Executive Director - Hillel at Binghamton University	Binghamton, NY
Executive Director - Hillel at Binghamton University	Binghamton, NY

See all 5 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
Program Coordinator	Waterville, ME
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship	Middletown, CT
Carolina Digital Humanities Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow	Chapel Hill, NC
Coordinator of Academic Programs	Waterville, ME
Assistant Professor - Graduate School of Arts & Sciences	Charlottesville, VA

See all 6 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
Faculty Positions in Energy Policy, Engineering & Technology Policy and Policy Making, STEM Workforce	Stony Brook, NY
Science & Technology Studies - Receptionist/Events Coordinator - Admin. Asst. II	Ithaca, NY
Mechanical/ HVAC Engineer	Norwalk, CT
SUNY Oswego - CTS - Infrastructure Support Professional	Oswego, NY
Extension Associate - Great Lakes Coastal Processes Specialist	New York

See all 73 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
Home Health Physical Therapist	Philadelphia, PA
Outpatient Facility Physical Therapist	Malvern, PA
Dean of Students	New York, NY
Licensed Teachers	Nevada
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse	New Brunswick, NJ

See all 73 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
Event Coordinator & Marketing Assistant	Edison, NJ
Public Relations: Entry Level	Trenton, NJ
Tenure Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Advertising/Commercial Photography	Syracuse, NY
Imaging Algorithms Manager - 722413	Santa Clara, CA
Regional Manager - Part Time	New York, NY

See all 56 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 Rep Commissioned Gift Industry- Southern IL	Peoria Heights, IL
Hospitalist Job	La Crosse, WI
Gastroenterologist Job	La Crosse, WI
Otolaryngologist Job	La Crosse, WI

See all 18 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
Research Analyst - Small Cap	Chicago, IL
Visitor Guide	Washington, DC
Visitor Guide	Washington, DC
Speech Language Pathologist Rehab Manager Management opportunity in a quiet community close to Norfolk and Virginia Bea	Courtland, VA

See all 277 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
Systems Administrator – Intermediate	Clovis, NM
Social Sciences Librarian	Washington, DC
Student Trainee (Archival Science) Intern	College Park, MD
Skilled Nursing Facility Physical Therapist	Culpeper, VA
National Account Executive	Costa Mesa, CA

See all 612 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
Orthopedic Surgery	United States
Senior Capital Project Manager	Cambridge, MA
Education Associate for Current Science & Technology	Boston, MA
Assoc Professor Global Comparative Public Admin...	Boston, MA
Professional Development Associate, Engineering is Elementary (EiE)	Boston, MA

See all 33 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
PT / PHYSICAL THERAPIST	Moraine, OH
Sales Photographer - Pro Football Hall of Fame	Canton, OH
Housekeeper - Hilton Garden Inn Canton Akron	North Canton, OH
Mechanical Designer	Washington, DC
Program Manager	Cleveland, OH

See all 15 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
Software Developer Intern	Boston, MA
Human Resources Intern	Boston, MA
Sales Lead / Keyholder	Boston, MA
Hospitalist Physician	Bridgeport, CT
PHYSICIAN	Bridgeport, CT

See all 10 job postings

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - The museum is currently offering 2 jobs in the realm of entry-level—an Assistant Conservator and a Silberman Foundation ITS Research Scholar position.

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Job Title	Location
Southeast Regional Director	Florida
Associate Director - New England	New York

See all 2 job postings

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