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Internship Opportunities

The CCNY Humanities & Arts Internship Program is designed to connect students within the division to valuable professional learning experiences across New York City (and beyond). This initiative aims to support students in exploring career paths within the humanities and the arts while fostering strong partnerships with community organizations. Supported with funding from the Mellon Foundation, this program has three goals: building availability of opportunities; fostering awareness among students, faculty, and staff of the importance of internships; and ensuring equitable access to internships.

Through this initiative, all internship positions are PAID. To be eligible for placement, students must:

  • Major in a program within the Division of Humanities & the Arts

  • Have taken at least 30 credits at CCNY at time of placement and be in good academic standing

  • Meet with the Director of Academic Internship for placement advisement and application review

Please note that placement is NOT guaranteed. The Director of Academic Internships will work with students on submitting their application materials (resume and cover letter) and then if the host site is interested they will be contacted for an interview.

Check out some of the sites with current internship opportunities below:

Historic House Museums

*All sites listed below are CCNY H&A Exclusive Opportunities - Contact Director of Academic Internships to apply

Bronx

Bronx Historical Society/Poe Cottage

Manhattan

Dyckman Farmhouse 

Hamilton Grange 

Morris-Jumel Mansion 

Queens

King Manor 

Lewis Latimer House 

Queens Historical Society/Kingsland Homestead 

Voelker Orth Museum

Staten Island

Alice Austen House 

Historic Richmond Town 

 

 

CUNY Opportunities

Zahn Innovation Center Summer Internship

Application closes February 16th

Bossgirls Program Assistant: intern will support the program staff in the daily operations of our Bossgirls program, and foster a supportive learning environment for the students as they develop startup ideas. $20/hour, Monday-Thursday from 10:30am-1:30pm from June 30th - July 31st.

Summer CUNY x MTA

Special CUNY partnership with the Metropolitan Transit Authority. $21/hour from June through August. Over 100+ internship placement across job sectors including technology, urban planning, and law. Click HERE to watch an informational webinar about the program.

CUNY Cultural Corps

Applications for Fall 2025 Placements Deadline: TBD

Provides students with paid work experience in NYC’s arts and cultural sector, creating a pipeline for students to have successful careers, while diversifying NYC’s cultural institutions. Partnering institutions include non-profit cultural organizations involved in the visual, literary and performing arts as well as public-oriented science and humanities institutions including zoos, botanical gardens and historic and preservation societies. $20 per hour for 15 hours per week.

Nonprofits - Cultural

*All sites listed below are CCNY H&A Exclusive Opportunities - Contact Director of Academic Internships to apply

Manhattan

City Parks Foundation 

Queens

Historic House Trust of NYC

Remote

International Coalition of Sites of Conscience 

The Hart Island Project

Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition

 

Performing Arts & Music

*All sites listed below are CCNY H&A Exclusive Opportunities (unless otherwise indicated) - Contact Director of Academic Internships to apply

Manhattan

NAMA Harlem

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre

Windows of Hip Hop

 


 

Metropolitan Opera (not CCNY H&A Exclusive - apply directly)

Summer 2025 Opportunity: Deadline February 23rd, 2025

 

Research Institutes and Archives

*All sites listed below are CCNY H&A Exclusive Opportunities - Contact Director of Academic Internships to apply

Bronx

Bronx Historical Society

Manhattan

Leo Baeck Institute

Primo Levi Institute 

Westchester/Remote

Rockefeller Archive Center (see separate listing in CCNY Special Partnerships)

 

 

Monuments, Memorials, & Landmarks

*All sites listed below are CCNY H&A Exclusive Opportunities - Contact Director of Academic Internships to apply

Manhattan

General Grant National Memorial

CCNY Special Partnerships

Rockefeller Archive Center - CCNY Internship Program

In this special CCNY partnership, the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) provides opportunities for interns to experience the broad range of archival and digital humanities work in a professional setting. There are 2 positions available each Fall, Spring, and Summer - one with the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, and one with the Archives & Special Collections at CCNY's Cohen Library. Interns will be required to work 12-15 hours per week for a total of 180 hours.

Rockefeller Archive Center:

In this Hybrid position, students work one day a week on-site at the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY and do the rest of their hours remotely.

Archives & Special Collections at CCNY's Cohen Library:

This position is fully in person on site at the Cohen Library in the NAC

 

Examples of Possible Internship Projects:
    •Archival research, proofreading, and content creation for digital projects
    •Processing an archival collection and creating a finding aid
    •Developing a preservation plan for at-risk archival material
    •Creating infographics and digitally packaging educational resources

 

Deadlines for Summer & Fall 2025 to be announced in March

History Museums

*All sites listed below are CCNY H&A Exclusive Opportunities - Contact Director of Academic Internships to apply

Manhattan

Tenement Museum

Art Museums

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Museum of Art 

Reenvision the future of museums while gaining workplace skills through hands-on, real-world projects. VERY COMPETITIVE

SUMMER Info

Runs May 27-August 8, 2025. Summer internships are paid, full-time opportunities ($17 per hour, 35 hours per week). In addition to working in their department, interns must attend seminars every Tuesday, 9:30 am–5:30 pm

Summer 2025 Deadline: February 2, 2025 (Opens January 3rd)


Manhattan

Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Learn about museum practices, access to lectures and special tours at The MET Fifth Ave and The MET Cloisters. VERY COMPETITIVE

SUMMER Info

Full-time and Part-Time Options, $24 per hour. Runs June 2nd-August 8th

Summer 2025 Deadline: January 15, 2025

FALL/SPRING Semester Info 

10 hours per week, $24 per hour (140 hours total).

Fall 2025 Deadline: May 14th, 2025

Spring 2026 Deadline: September 17th, 2025


Museum of Modern Art 

Internships provide in-depth exposure to workings of MoMA's individual departments, as well as practical and theoretical training in museum practices. Must be at least a junior. VERY COMPETITIVE

SUMMER Info

Monday-Thursday 9:30am-5:30pm over 10-weeks, $6,160 stipend

Summer 2025 Deadline: TBD (around mid-April)


Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art 

Interns engage in assigned project and have opportunities to learn more about the museum field through close interaction with other museum departments. $600 monthly stipend.

Information and Application Details

Programs: Apprentice Museum Educator, Collections Management, Curatorial, Graphic Design, and Studio Institute Arts

SUMMER Info 

(mid-May through mid-August): due by April 15

 

Smithsonian Opportunities

Smithsonian Internship Database

Visit the website of the Office of Academic Appointments and Internships for a complete listing of paid opportunities (in-person in Washington D.C. (many provide housing) and other locations, as well as remote options). Search by areas of study such as: art history, conservation, history, archival studies, social justice, education, research, communications, design, among others. 

Last Updated: 02/13/2025 15:37