Curatorial Intern

Work with the Curatorial Department on many aspects of exhibition development. Responsibilities include:

Design Intern

Work with the Tang’s Designer to craft print and digital material for events and exhibitions. Responsibilities include:

Digital Media Intern

Work with the Tang Online Content Coordinator to help produce and deploy media across the Tang Museum’s website and social media accounts. Responsibilities include:

Education Intern

Work with the Tisch Educator on a variety of tasks. Responsibilities include:

Public Programming Intern

Work with the Assistant Director for Engagement to develop and carry-out programming for the college and public audiences. Responsibilities include:

Registrarial Intern

Work with the Senior Museum Registrar in the Registrarial and Curatorial Departments. Responsibilities include:

Tang Guides

Work with the Special Events and Publications Manager as a gallery ambassador and tour guide, and gain valuable real-world experiences interacting with visitors. Responsibilities include:

The Eleanor Linder Winter ’43 Endowed Internship at the Tang Museum is a one-year, pre-professional internship for a Skidmore senior. The Winter Internship introduces students to post-graduate life by providing academic and practical experiences. This paid internship is comprised of a 20-hour-a-week position during the summer before senior year, as well as a 7-hour-a-week position during the following academic year. The intern has the opportunity to work in multiple departments, determined by the needs of the museum and the student’s interest.

Regardless of which department the student works in, one of the Winter Intern’s primary responsibilities will be researching, planning, and coordinating the annual Winter/Miller Endowed Lecture. Most of this work will be done in the fall, with the lecture taking place in early spring as a capstone event for the Winter Intern. This is a full-year internship program and students applying must commit to working the summer and subsequent full two-semester academic year.

Check out what past Winter Interns have done:

Abigail Svetlik ’24 | Naima Nigh ’23 | River Cohen ’22 | Nathan Bloom ’21 | Caroline Coxe ’20 | E.B. Sciales ’19 | Rachel Rosenfeld ’18 | Sanjana Gothi ’17 | Emily Manges ’16 | Imaan Riaz ’15 | Celia Caldas ’14 | Rachel Aisenson ’13 | Alec Unkovic ’12

The Carole Marchand ’57 Endowed Internship at the Tang Museum is a one-year, pre-professional internship for a Skidmore junior. The Marchand Internship introduces students to post-graduate life by providing academic and practical experiences. The paid internship is comprised of a 20-hour-a-week position during the summer before junior year, as well as a 7-hour-a-week position during the following academic year. The intern has the opportunity to work in multiple departments, determined by the needs of the museum and the student’s interest. This is a full-year internship program. Students applying must commit to working the summer and subsequent full two-semester academic year.

Check out what past Marchand Interns have done:

Chiara Garcia-Ugarte ’25 | Helen Branch ’24 | Paul Seggev ’23 | Geraldine Santoso ’22 | Jane Cole ’21 | Serena Hildebrandt ’20 | Dayna Joseph ’19 | Laila Morgan ’18 | Evian Pan ’17

The Meg Reitman Jacobs ’63 Endowed Internship is a one-year, pre-professional internship for a Skidmore junior or senior in the Tang Museum’s Education or Public Programming Department. The Jacobs Internship introduces students to post-graduate life by providing academic and practical experiences. This paid internship is comprised of a 20-hour-a-week position during the summer before junior or senior year, as well as a 7-hour-a-week position during the following academic year. This is a full-year internship program. Students applying must commit to working the summer and subsequent full two-semester academic year.

Check out what past Jacobs Interns have done:

Piper Ingels ’24 | Olivia Berenson ’24 | Maya Gmach ’22 | Maria Staack ’22 | Kira Lee-Mundschau ’20 | Monica Andrews ’19 | Geoffrey Greene ’18

The Charina Endowment Fund Endowed Internship is a one-year, pre-professional internship for a Skidmore junior or senior. The Charina Intern will work primarily in the Tang’s Curatorial department in collaboration with the Registrarial department to focus on the Tang collection. With more than 18,000 objects, the Tang collection represents a wide variety of materials, subject matter, and time periods and is filled with oddities of material culture and masterworks by renowned contemporary artists alike. The internship introduces students to post-graduate life by providing academic and practical experiences. This paid internship is comprised of a 20-hour-a-week position during the summer before junior or senior year, as well as a 7-hour-a-week position during the following academic year. This is a full-year internship program. Students applying must commit to working the summer and subsequent full two-semester academic year.

Check out what past Jacobs Interns have done:

Mel Douer ’24 | Eve Kreshtool ’23 | Madeleine Ward-Schultz ’22 | Evan Little ’22

The Ann Schapps Schaffer ’62 and Mel Schaffer Endowed Internship is a one-year, pre-professional internship for a Skidmore junior or senior. The intern will focus on acquisitions and the Tang collection, and work closely with the Tang’s Director, Registrars, and Curatorial staff. Interns will organize an annual student-led acquisition, and learn about the relationships between gallerists, auctions, collectors, and museum collections.

The Schaffer Internship introduces students to post-graduate life by providing academic and practical experiences. This paid internship is comprised of a 20-hour-a-week during the summer before junior or senior year, as well as a 7-hour-a-week position during the following academic year. This is a full-year internship program. Students applying must commit to working the summer and subsequent full two-semester academic year.

Internships for academic credit at the Tang are available each semester, in each department, on a case-by-case basis. Internship Proposals are crafted by students in coordination with the student’s academic advisor and a Tang staff member who will be the student’s on-site supervisor. Previous Tang internships have focused on creating lessons for our outreach program for schools and libraries; writing for the curatorial department; conducting research for collections; curating exhibitions; and assisting with museum conferences.

Internship proposals need to reflect an agreement that meets the student’s interests, the expectations of the Skidmore faculty sponsor (who will evaluate the internship for credit and for a grade), and the on-site supervisor (who will guide the student’s activities at the Tang). It usually takes two to three weeks for a student to secure all the necessary information and approvals for an internship proposal.

To begin the process, students should contact their academic advisor and email Tang Assistant Director for Engagement Tom Yoshikami at tyoshika@skidmore.edu. For application details, guidelines, and forms visit Skidmore’s Office of Academic Advising.