Art History

Major and Minor Internship Search Tools

The most up to date listings for internships can be found on LyonNet. With hundreds of active internships (expect more listings late fall-early spring for summer opportunities), we collaborate with 28 other liberal arts colleges to provide a broad range of opportunities. Here you can also sign up to have internships emailed to you by areas of interest by utilizing the “search agent” feature.

Internships-USA, an online database, provides continually updated internship opportunities by topic and geographic area. Access Internships-USA through LyonNet.

Our Career Center and Library provide extensive information about how to search for and secure an internship, visit us and meet with a counselor to talk about the process.

Not sure where to get started? Attend an internship workshop to learn more about how to conduct an effective and efficient search or develop your own opportunity.

More specifically, there are many internships available in the field of art -- just about every major museum has some kind of summer program. We list here a few of the possible opportunities (and we urge you to contact any art gallery or museum that is not listed here to find out about possible programs): 

Students with an interest in Art History major are encouraged to research and develop their own internship opportunity. To assist you in securing an internship, please find below a sampling of places where Art History majors have completed an internship. Please note: the CDC does not promote or is in no way affiliated with the companies or institutions listed. 

  • Community Arts Advocates, Inc.
  • Dallas Children’s Museum
  • Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Michele Beiny, Inc.
  • Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
  • Museum of Arts & Design
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • PACE/MACGILL Gallery
  • Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project
  • Sudanese English Project
  • The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
  • The Jacksina Co.
  • Tucson Museum of Art
  • University of Georgia-College of Environment & Design

To search for active internship listings, please visit the LyonNet database.