Art Museum Scholar Summer Internships

The Bartels Art Museum Scholar Summer Internships at the Yale University Art Gallery provide paid opportunities for Yale undergraduate students to become familiar with the operations of a museum and to participate in departmental projects at the Yale University Art Gallery or another museum. Internships are eight weeks in duration and come with a stipend of up to $5,000.

How to Apply

Applications are no longer being considered. Please check back in January 2025 for updates.

American Decorative Arts, American Paintings and Sculpture, or an Outside Museum Internship 

To apply for an internship, email all your application materials in PDF form to yuag.interns@yale.edu.

Letters of recommendation should be submitted directly by the recommenders to yuag.interns@yale.edu by the application deadline.

Hume Research Internship (Summer)

To apply an internship, visit the Yale Student Employment website.

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