Website Cleveland Museum of Art
Summary
The conservation department of the Cleveland Museum of Art welcomes applications for a summer graduate internship in Objects Conservation for an 8 – 10 week period (June -August 2026). The intern will join a collaborative and convivial team in caring for, studying, and treating objects from the Museum’s encyclopedic and renowned collection. The CMA maintains a full schedule of loans, rotations, and exhibitions, with associated assessment, documentation and treatment needs. The conservation department is also committed to ongoing research and investigation of objects in the collection. The intern will have the opportunity to work closely and collaboratively with conservators in other specialties, collections care specialists, curators, mount makers, registrars, and exhibition designers, to gain well-rounded professional experience in the diverse responsibilities necessary for a conservator working within a museum setting.
Deadline: February 9, 2026
Eligibility
Requirements: Candidates must be currently enrolled in a recognized conservation graduate program. The candidate must be eligible to legally work in the US.
Compensation
Interns are expected to work 35 hours per week. Summer graduate interns will receive $19/hour for the 8- or 10- week summer internship and will receive a $5,000 stipend that can be used to cover relocation costs and/or travel. All income will be subject to taxes.
About
The Cleveland Museum of Art is renowned for the quality and breadth of its collection, which includes nearly 45,000 objects and spans 6,000 years of achievement in the arts.
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