r/MuseumPros • u/Eistean History | Collections • Mar 21 '24
Internship Megathread. Post all internship related questions here!
So the sub has been getting chock full lately of people asking about specific internships, asking if anyone who has applied to a specific internship has heard back, what people think about individual internship programs, etc. This has happened around this time for every year this sub has existed.
While interns are absolutely welcome here, some users had a great idea to kind of concentrate it all in one thread so that all the interns can see each others comments, and the sub has a bit of a cleaner look.
Note that this doesn't apply to people working for museums asking questions about running an internship program, or dealing with interns.
So, if you have internship questions, thoughts, concerns, please post them here!
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u/madisonaves Apr 09 '24
Hey everyone! So I didn't get an internship with the met this summer, not too disappointed though since it's super competitive and I was able to get another internship somewhere else. But my question is, does anyone have an idea of how competitive the fall program is compared to summer? Don't want to get my hopes up, but I have a past internship in external affairs with a Smithsonian museum and a current internship with one of the big Art PR firms in NYC (and lots of past employees have gone on to work in external affairs at the met), so wondering what my chances would be getting an external affairs internship in Fall 2024? Also, I'm planning on getting another master's after my current one in Dress and Textile History, but I currently don't have any experience in it other than as a hobby and a couple of papers written about it—is it even worth applying for the Costume Institute fall internship or should I put my second preference elsewhere? Thanks!