Education - Interpretation and Educational Content

The Whitney’s Academic Year Internship program offers a semester-long paid internship for rising Juniors and above (to include Graduate students) enrolled in an accredited academic program. The internship is in person and onsite. For spring 2027, interns commit between 16–21 hours per week over 10–12 weeks for a total of 176 hours. The official program dates will span from January 18‑April 26, 2027.

Interns are assigned to a specific department at the Museum for the duration of the internship.

• Help with preparation and production of upcoming exhibition content for multimedia guide and extended object labels
• Assist with research, production, and archiving of exhibition files and interpretive materials and content for onsite and online access
• Prepare and archive audio stops and digital content assets such as extended object labels and section texts
• Conduct research on current and upcoming exhibitions, the Whitney Education department history, and other research projects
• Assist with quality assurance for the multimedia guide for the Whitney’s exhibitons
• Assist with audio and video content production
• Ensure consistency across platforms for organizing schedules
• Participate in in-gallery observations and evaluation of the way interpretive materials arebeing used and how visitors engage with tours and discussions
• Participate in docent and educator tour observation and feedback
• Assist with arranging and producing audio and video interviews with exhibiting artists
• Help with initiating multimedia interpretive projects for upcoming exhibitions
• Write blogposts about Education programs

• Some art history background
• Attention to detail
• Ideally has experience with digital equipment such as audio recorders and digital cameras
• Strong interest and skill level in research and writing
• Ideally has familiarity with Word Press or similar, Excel, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite

• Training in research and archiving methods, writing and editing, scheduling and organization software, producing interpretive materials, using digital equipment and software for audio and video production

• Research, writing, archiving digital skills; learn about how to produce interpretive materials, guides, and other educational content for a museum
• Familiarity with pedagogical approaches and best practices for visitor-centered engagement

Interns will be paid a stipend of $3000.

Generous support for Ostrover Family Academic Year Interns is provided by Julie and Doug Ostrover.

The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art, which has been championing the most innovative art of the United States for 86 years. The core of the Whitney’s mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit American art of our time and serve a wide variety of audiences in celebration of the complexity and diversity of art and culture in the United States.

Through this mission and a steadfast commitment to artists themselves, the Whitney has long been a powerful force in support of modern and contemporary art and continues to help define what is innovative and influential in American art today.

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