CMOM College and Graduate School Internships

College and Graduate School Internships

Direct experience observing and working with children is an important ingredient in the development of talented educators and exhibition design. Internships provide an opportunity for education theory to be understood and applied in real situations.

During the school year, CMOM partners with colleges and universities to provide credited internships in a variety of disciplines including, education, exhibition design and development. CMOM hosts students from a variety of institutions including, New York University, Bank Street College, Barnard College, Teacher’s College at Columbia, Columbia University, Hunter’s College and the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Over the summer, CMOM hosts up to 20 interns from across the country and around the world in the museums various departments. Education interns participate in an intensive 10 week teaching internship. This internship begins the first week of June with 2 weeks of training sessions and is followed by 8 weeks of hands-on teaching experience.

Graduate students are placed based on an appropriate match for their resume and course work with current museum projects. Past interns have done research for upcoming exhibitions, painted exhibition components, designed graphic materials, developed curriculum and taught special programs.

Deadline for Spring Semester is January 5
Deadline for Summer Program is April 15 (Summer Program runs June-Mid-August)
Deadline for Fall Program is September 15

For more information regarding specific internships and to download an application form, chose Adobe Acrobat or MS Word or contact David Rios email.