Paid Fall 2026 Archival Internships, The Met (Upper East Side)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art _ Paid Fall 2026 Archival Internships for Graduate Students:

(1) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives / Development – Event and Photo Collections
(2) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives / Digital Department – Film and Audio Collection
(3) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives / Michael C. Rockefeller Wing – Department projects

About The Met Museum Archives:
The objective of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives is to collect, organize, and preserve in perpetuity the corporate records and official correspondence of the Museum, to make this material accessible and provide research support, and to further an informed and enduring understanding of the Museum's history. Archives holdings include Board of Trustees records, legal documents, and Museum publications, office files of selected Museum staff, architectural drawings, press clippings, and ephemera. Several other Museum departments are also home to archival collections related to different research areas; the Museum Archives department also works to advise these departments on their archive and record keeping initiatives.

This upcoming Fall, we are pleased to have 3 internship opportunities available for current or recently graduated archives-focused graduate students:

(1) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives / Development – Event and Photo Collections

Project

This internship will focus on the arrangement and description of an extensive collection of event invitations and related photographs from The Met’s Development Department. The Museum Archives intern will work with both Development and Museum Archives staff to identify materials, as well as create a finding aid in ArchivesSpace. This opportunity provides equal access to the handling of unique physical collections, as well as digital experience in software that is widely used across the archives field.

(2) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives / Digital Department – Film and Audio Collection

Project

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is home to an extensive moving-image archive, which comprises over 1,500 films on art-related subjects, many of which are extremely rare. Over time since their initial creation and usage, these materials still retain significant artifactual value, providing insight into the Met’s history. To date, only select materials have been transferred and preserved. The bulk of the collection has been loosely inventoried and stored partially onsite in cold storage, though most of the collection resides in an offsite storage facility. The intern will continue ongoing workflows to catalogue these holdings at the item level, rehouse them, and move them to a more stable storage location. The cataloguing process will also include an assessment for potential conservation treatment. 

(3) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives / MCRW Department Projects

Project

The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at The Met houses the arts of Africa, the Ancient Americas, and Oceania. The department, comprised of three curatorial areas, holds a wide range of unique archival collections. The internship projects for the Fall 2026 semester include refining container locations in ArchivesSpace, rehousing materials, the cataloging of oversize collections, and other related projects.

The Museum Archives is looking for interns with a desire to pursue a career in archives, an interest in the museum world, database experience, and library research skills. Only applicants currently enrolled or recently graduated from a Master of Library Science program or similar will be considered for an internship in The Met Archives.

Applicants should choose Libraries, Archives, and Special Collections in the Museum area placement and select Museum Archives as the area of interest. Applicants should also specify their preferred internship in their supporting documents. 

Fall application deadline: Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 5 pm (ET)
Fall application notification: Second week of August
Fall Internship Program dates: Third week of September through the first week of December (with one week off during the week of Thanksgiving)

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO APPLY, CLICK HERE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity, HIV status, military status, and any other category protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Law Lib and Court Archives Intern, US Court of Int'l Trade (Lower Manhattan)

The United States Court of International Trade is seeking a Law Library and Court Archives Intern for its office at One Federal Plaza, New York, NY.

Position: Law Library and Court Archives Intern 
Term of Internship: June 2026 – August 2026

Salary Range: $18.46 - $22.89 per hour (CL 22) Depending on qualifications and experience.

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Preference given to those who apply by April 14, 2026.

Position Overview

The Library and Legal Services section at the United States Court of International Trade is accepting applications for a Law Library and Court Archives Intern. The intern will assist the Library and Legal Services section within the Clerk’s Office by providing office support and assistance for the administrative functions of the section, which includes; conducting digital and print research about court judges, assisting with the digitization and cataloging of historic court publications, assisting in the indexing, identification and cataloging of the archive’s photograph collection; participating in the library’s ongoing collection review (e.g., weeding, catalog updates, and new purchase recommendations); and other projects and duties as assigned.

The Law Library and Court Archives intern will also receive training in best practices for reference and research, basic cataloging and classification (SirsiDynix), and basic and advanced legal research techniques both in print and online (including Westlaw, Lexis Advance, Bloomberg Law, and other specialized legal research databases). The applicant will work independently under the direction of the Supervisory Librarian and Assistant Librarian.

This position is a When-Actually-Employed (WAE) / intermittent appointment. The position will not exceed 90 days.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree is preferred. Recent college graduates are welcome to apply. Preference will be given to current or recent graduate students with a demonstrated interest in libraries and library science, the law and legal research, or historical research and archives. Applicants should be able to lift and move boxes and books weighing approximately 30 pounds. Ability to work with limited supervision. Ability to communicate clearly, courteously, and effectively both orally and in writing is required. Must be detail oriented with strong organization skills.

Salary / Benefits

Compensation is based on the actual hours worked. Intermittent employees may not work more than 80 hours per pay period. These employees are eligible for the USCIT Commuter Benefit Program.

Additional Information

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents seeking U.S. citizenship. Applicants selected for interviews must travel at their own expense. Employment will be considered provisional pending successful completion of an FBI background check. Federal court employees are appointed under the excepted service. Excepted service appointments are “at will” and can be terminated with or without cause by the court. Employees are required to use Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) for payroll direct deposit. Employees are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees which is available for applicants to review on the US Courts website, and comply with court policies and procedures.

How to Apply

• Consideration will only be given to those that apply through the court’s employment application system by clicking here or at: https://ww2.cit.uscourts.gov:8443/recruitment/.

• Upload a cover letter and resume. The cover letter should address how your education and experience relate to the position. Attachments must be in PDF format (unless otherwise specified) and not be password protected. Files are limited to a size of 5 MB.

Only applicants selected for an interview will be notified. All application information is subject to verification. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Only applicants selected for an interview will be notified. The Court reserves the right to modify, withdraw, or fill the vacancy announcement at any time, any of which may occur without prior written or other notice. 

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Source: https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/Law%20Library%20and%20Court%20Archives%20Intern%2026-03.pdf

Brooklyn Navy Yard Green Careers Accelerator Internships (Brooklyn)

The Brooklyn Navy Yard is seeking candidates for its Green Careers Accelerator Program. 

On March 5^th, from 2:30 PM until 5 PM, we are hosting an in-person information session at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for candidates to learn more about the Green Careers Accelerator Program. The event will include a panel discussion featuring past interns of the program, where they will share their experience working within the green industry. Food and beverages will be served. If you would like to RSVP, please fill out this form: https://bit.ly/GCAInfoSession

 

BNY Green Careers Accelerator Internship Program Details: 

• The internship start and end dates are below.   

June 29 to August 21, 2026  

• Accepted interns commit to a 40-hour work week with a one-hour unpaid lunch break each day, and are compensated at $18/hr. This totals to 35 paid hours each week. 

• Interns will participate in various mandatory professional development and networking activities throughout the program.

 

 To Apply:

• Click here to access the Green Careers Accelerator Program application: https://bit.ly/BNY2026Green

• Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. The deadline to apply is Friday, March 13th, at 11:59 PM

• Limited internships are available, so applications should be sent in as soon as possible. Applications accepted earlier in the process will have greater likelihood of matching to an internship role in their desired field(s).  

 

Eligibility: 

• Accepted students must be NYC residents

• A current college attending student or a recent graduate as of fall 2025 or winter 2026

• Students must demonstrate interest and/or experience in the green economy and sustainability through your major/minor, internships, extracurricular activity, college clubs, and more.

 

If you have any questions, please reach out to them at internships@bnydc.org and they'll get back to you as soon as possible.

May Kean Raynolds Graduate Museum Studies Fellowship, Liberty Hall Museum (Union, NJ)

Liberty Hall Museum, in Union, NJ, is seeking applicants for its May Kean Raynolds Graduate Museum Studies Fellowship. The fellowship is offered to graduate students in a master’s program in Museum Studies, History, or a related field.

The fellowship is designed to provide a mentored professional development opportunity to graduate students seeking careers within a museum setting. Fellowships are tailored to the student’s individual educational goals and provide opportunities to explore multiple areas of museum work while gaining specialized skills and experience. Projects may include designing, developing, and delivering innovative programming for diverse audiences, as well as collections management, exhibit development, and marketing design and implementation, based on the fellow’s interests.

Fellows will work approximately 30 hours per week during the 13-week fellowship. Work hours are flexible and will be scheduled during museum operating hours. The fellowship will commence in June 2026 and conclude in August 2026. The museum is easily accessible by New Jersey Transit trains on the Raritan Valley line and New Jersey Transit bus lines.

To apply, please submit the following to Rachael Goldberg at rachael.goldberg@kean.edu by April 30, 2026. Please indicate “May Kean Raynolds Fellowship” in the subject line.

• Full curriculum vitae of education, professional experience, honors, awards, and publications.
• A statement, not to exceed 1,000 words, specifying what you wish to accomplish during the fellowship period and detailing how you can utilize the Museum’s resources to achieve your goals.  The statement should also discuss the issues you wish to investigate during the fellowship period, explain how this research is relevant to the field, and outline how it will advance the work of the Liberty Hall Museum.
• Two letters of recommendation
  
  

Source: https://libertyhall.kean.edu/opportunities/

Gagosian Summer Internship (Chelsea)

Internship Program - New York (Summer, 2026)

Gagosian is accepting applications for its Summer Internship Program in New York!

Gagosian is a leading global art gallery that represents and exhibits some of the most important contemporary artists. Our internship program offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience and work closely with talented professionals in the art industry, while also participating in team projects with key members of Gagosian staff and artists. As an intern, you will be an integral part of the gallery’s daily operations and contribute to our mission of promoting and shaping contemporary art.

In our internship program, you will work closely with a delegated department while supporting general gallery operations, gaining valuable experience, and cultivating lasting relationships. We are looking for applicants with a strong interest in art, who can work in a fast-paced environment, multitask, prioritize, and possess excellent communication skills.

Duties include but are not limited to

– Contributing to meaningful projects and recurring tasks within your designated department.
– Assisting gallery staff with daily operations, supporting colleagues across sales, artist liaison, research, and events.
– Providing support to Gallery Assistant team with visitor inquiries and essential administrative tasks (including mail distribution, publication and stock management, organizing shared spaces, maintaining inventory, preparing offices for client meetings, expenses, etc.).
– Participating in gallery openings and events.Supporting ad hoc projects and other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

– Current 3rd or 4th year undergraduates, recent graduates, or postgraduate students with degrees in Art History or related fields.
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
– A strong desire to pursue a career in the art world.
– Flexibility, attention to detail, and a desire to learn are essential.
– Prior museum, auction house, or gallery experience is preferable.
– Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Docs.

Position Type

– 10am to 6pm, Monday through Friday, with additional hours for openings and events.
– Full-time and part-time positions available.
– 100% in person, at one of our New York galleries.
– The internship program will run from June 2nd - August 28th, 2026.

Compensation

A rate of $18 per hour.

Application Deadline

The deadline to submit applications is Sunday, March 1st. Walk-ins or phone inquiries will not be accepted for this position. 

Application Process

Round 1: Written Application
Round 2: Creative Project Assessment
Round 3: Virtual Interview

To Apply:
https://gagosian.com/jobs/ny-internship-program/

Candidates should be available to work at least three days per week and for the full duration of the internship program.

Gagosian is an equal opportunity employer, committed to ensuring that all current and prospective employees are afforded equal opportunity. We aim to attract a broad pool of talent, eager to engage with our program, our artists, and our exhibitions.

Legal Defense Fund Archives Internship, NAACP (Financial District)

The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Using the power of law, narrative, research, and people, we defend and advance the full dignity and citizenship of Black people in America. The Thurgood Marshall Institute is a multidisciplinary center within LDF that complements the organization’s traditional litigation, strengthening it through innovative research and publications, targeted advocacy, and public education campaigns.

Housed within the Thurgood Marshall Institute, the Archives and Records Department serves three major functions: building and managing an archival repository of LDF’s historic records, providing library services including research support, and coordinating the process by which records become part of the LDF Archives. LDF is undertaking a major effort to organize, preserve, and digitize a substantial portion of our 8,000 boxes of rich historical case files and institutional records.

LDF Archives Internship:

LDF is seeking a current or recent graduate student in Library and Information Studies for a Summer 2026 Archives Internship. Working closely with LDF archivists, the Archives Intern will work on a variety of projects including but not limited to research and review of oral history interviews for the LDF Oral History Project, responding to staff and internal research requests, and surveying, arranging, and describing physical and digital records related to the ongoing fight for racial justice. This is a paid internship, at a rate of $20/hr, for a minimum of 120 hours over one semester. This internship will be a great fit for a collaborative and detail-oriented student interested in legal history and archival program development at a dynamic nonprofit organization. In order to be considered for this role, please submit a cover letter and resume.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 1, 2026.

Work schedule: Interns are required to be onsite at LDF NYC Office on Tuesdays or Thursdays

 Qualifications:

• Current or recent Master of Science in Library and Information Studies student with a specialization in archives;
• Understanding of basic principles of archival appraisal, arrangement, and description.
• Strong project management skills; and
• Commitment to the racial justice mission of LDF.

 To Apply:

https://www.naacpldf.org/about-us/fellowships-internships/summer-2026-archives-internship/

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to you without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, age, veteran status, medical condition or disability, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law. 

Research Fellowship, Rye Historical Society (Rye)

The Rye Research Fellowship is an unpaid, mentored professional development opportunity designed for students seeking meaningful experience in archival research, public policy, and museum practice. Fellows work closely with the Rye Historical Society leadership and gain direct access to primary source materials, contributing to research initiatives, collections projects, and interpretive programming.

Selection Committee

Applications for fellowships are screened and chosen by a Selection Committee comprised of experts in various fields, but all with extensive historical experience. Summer Fellowship applications will be evaluated in two rounds. Finalists will be announced in April. Winter Fellowship applications will be announced by the middle of November.

Application Windows

• Summer Fellowship: March 2026

• Winter Fellowship: October 2026

For more information please contact:

Natalie Hofstedt

Director of Programming

natalie.hofstedt@ryehistory.org

Source: https://www.ryehistory.org/fellowships