Bard Graduate Center’s internship program emphasizes career development. It is a chance to gain practical, real-world experience in a professional setting related to your academic interests and career goals. We encourage students to think about this experience in the context of their MA coursework and their prior professional experiences and future plans.

The program is guided by our Director of Masters Studies, and students have completed internships in more than 250 cultural institutions across the country including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Jewish Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Wheelwright Museum, and Phillips Auctioneers. The program has also developed internationally, with students spending recent summers at the Ashmolean Museum, the Pitt Rivers Museum, the Benaki Museum, the Musée du Louvre, and the Musée Carnavalet. Competitive funding is available for students to help offset travel and accommodation costs for internship opportunities outside of New York.

Internships are typically completed during the summer between the first and second year of study, though they may also be done at other points during the academic year. They are usually six to eight weeks in length, and must be a minimum of 100 hours (students often complete more). Internships are approved by the Director of Masters Studies and all students are evaluated by their host sites. The internship is graded Pass/Fail.