The Davis Museum Summer Internship Program

Each summer, a select group of Wellesley College students joins the Davis staff for ten weeks of hands-on professional experience. This residential, paid, and highly competitive opportunity ensures that students earn marketable skills, gain broad exposure to museum operations, and acquire an overview of best museum policies and practices. The internship engages students with the collections and programs of one of the most active academic museums in the U.S. Through focused work in one or more of the Davis departments, interns may undertake research, collections care, curatorial planning, technology/social media support, and/or educational content development. Activities also include field-trips to museums and arts events, with opportunities to meet arts leaders throughout the region.

Additional opportunities offered by the Davis include the Eleanor P. DeLorme Museum Internship, and the Liliane Pingoud Soriano Curatorial Fellowship at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, an exchange program between the Davis and the Musee du Louvre. Both are curatorial in focus, and are made available through an application process to recent Wellesley College graduates.

The Liliane Pingoud Soriano Curatorial Fellowship at the Musée du Louvre in Paris
The Eleanor P. DeLorme Museum Internship/Wellesley College
Summer Internships at the Davis

If you have any questions, please email them to davis-internship-questions@gapps.wellesley.edu or post them to the google group Davis Internship Questions

Liliane Pingoud Soriano Curatorial Fellowship at the Musée du Louvre, Paris
An exchange program between the Davis and the Musée du Louvre allows a Wellesley student to work for four months as a research Fellow at the Louvre in Paris and a student from the Ecole du Louvre to work at the Davis. The position is available to graduating seniors. In addition to working at one of the world’s great museums, the Soriano Curatorial Fellow can attend courses and programs at the Ecole du Louvre.

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Eleanor P. DeLorme Museum Internship/Wellesley College
Gain experience in the Davis Museum’s curatorial department. This intern works with one or more of the museum’s curators and is engaged in research, publications, collections management and exhibition development. Please note that this full-time eight-week internship may take place at any time during the academic year, but is not available during the summer.

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Funded by the Rebecca L. Tilles ’03 Davis Museum Endowed Internship Fund

The Summer Internship Program at the Davis
Each summer, students join the Davis Museum  staff on campus for ten weeks of hands-on professional experience in one of several departments at the museum. This is an opportunity for students to learn marketable skills, gain a broad exposure to museum operations, and acquire an overview of museum practices and policies. Internship activities also include travel to regional museums and arts events, and opportunities to meet some of the foremost leaders in the arts throughout the state and become involved with the collections and programs of one of the most active academic museums anywhere.

Interns work in one or more of the museum’s departments and are engaged in research, publications, collections management, exhibition development and design, and technology.

Please note that students who have previously participated in the Summer Internship Program at the Davis are not eligible for these positions, with the exception of the Internship Coordinator position.

Opportunities for the 2013 Summer Internship Program may include the following:

Internship Coordinator–NEW OPPORTUNITY!

The Davis seeks an enthusiastic and capable Internship Coordinator to organize and administer all special events and activities for the Summer 2013 Program.

The Coordinator leads the Internship Program through all stages of its development and implementation, beginning in the spring semester and working through the 10-week summer session. In the spring, the Coordinator facilitates the administrative and group-building processes for new interns and plans the summer schedule. Over the summer, she coordinates the interns, convenes daily and weekly meetings with the group, acts as a liaison between the interns and Davis staff to ensure communication, and plans all aspects of programs, lectures, lunches, and field trips, with careful attention to the allotted program budget. The Coordinator also stewards the Program with the goal of improvement, contributing to evaluation efforts and updating the internal manual. As a secondary responsibility, the Coordinator assists Davis staff in carrying out various related projects during the summer.

This is a position of great responsibility, requiring high-level organizational and administrative skills, leadership qualities, the ability to work independently, and excellent written and oral communication skills. Sensitivity to group dynamics, experience with budget management, and an interest in the museum field would be assets.

Curatorial Interns
• Department: Curatorial

Curatorial Interns will assist members of the Davis’s Curatorial and Interpretive/Public Programs staff with exhibition-related tasks, educational and interdisciplinary programs, potential acquisitions, and general curatorial responsibilities. They will conduct research and work on a variety of projects involving the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions, including future planning and program development, as well as undertake daily administrative duties. Some projects will overlap with other departments, enabling interns to gain broad exposure to all areas of museum operations.

Collections Care and Management Intern
• Department: Collections Care and Management

The Collections Care and Management Intern will aid the Museum Registrar in carrying out tasks related to the organization, documentation and care of the Museum’s collection. The intern will manage and staff the Print Study Room and monitor the use of works by students, faculty, scholars, and the general public. She will assist with cataloging, inventory and photography of the collection; will work with the Museum’s collections management database Mimsy XG; and be trained in art handling.

Technology Intern
• Departments: Curatorial Department

The Technology Intern will work on a wide range of projects, which may include assisting with: content development for Davis projects such as museum podcasts, maintenance of the museum’s website and Facebook pages, evaluation of and work with the museum’s social media presence and other office activities. Some projects may overlap with other departments, enabling the intern to get a broad exposure to the many aspects of museums.

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Funded by Wellesley College Friends of Art.

Please click here to learn about 2012-2013 opportunities offered through the Center for Work and Service.