The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives encourages recent graduates of Library and
Information school master's programs, or current PhD candidates or post-doctoral scholars
in Information Science, to apply for our year-long fellowship program.
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About The Metropolitan Museum of Art 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. The Met’s Museum Archives also works to advise other museum
departments on archive and record keeping initiatives, and to support processing and access to
ancillary archival collections found throughout the museum.
The Met’s Museum Archives is comprised of 125 special collections which extend over 4,000 linear
feet of analog records, as well as extensive digital holdings, which document the history of the
museum. Archives holdings include Board of Trustees records, legal documents, Museum
publications, office files of selected Museum staff and departments, architectural drawings, press
clippings, images, and ephemera. The Museum Archives utilizes ArchivesSpace and Preservica, as
well as TMS for related collection information.
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About the Interdisciplinary Fellowship
The Interdisciplinary Fellowship supports scholars whose projects lie at the intersection of various
disciplines and methodologies. It encourages cross-departmental projects that bridge the visual
arts and other disciplines in the humanities and sciences.
We invite proposals for Interdisciplinary Fellowship projects centered in the Museum Archives for
the 2027-2028 fellowship year. The Museum Archives are particularly interested in projects tracing
The Met’s extensive exhibition history that will expand and refine existing datasets and records
groups. An Interdisciplinary Fellow hosted in the Museum Archives would potentially work in
collaboration with The Met’s Exhibitions Office and across all curatorial departments.
An Interdisciplinary Fellowship in the Museum Archives would provide professional mentorship
and exposure to a wide range of activities which will give the fellow a comprehensive
understanding of archival and records management operations within a large-scale museum, while
also pursuing their proposed research project.
Please visit The Met’s website for more information and to apply:
https://www.metmuseum.org/opportunities/fellowships/interdisciplinary-fellowship
Met fellows receive financial support, time for research, exposure to museum work, and
access to Met collections and libraries. Weekly programs and workshops bring fellows
together with Met staff to share ideas, develop professional skills, and discuss current issues
in museum practice.
Applicants will need to provide a CV, 3 letters of recommendation, official transcripts, a project
proposal, and schedule of work.
More information on The Met's Interdisciplinary Fellowship can be found here
Fellowship Application FAQs can be found here
Application deadline: Thursday, October 15, 2026, 5 pm ET
Notification date: All applicants will be notified by the last Friday in February following the
application deadline.
Fellowship period: September 1, 2027 through August 31, 2028
