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Our internship program is in a dedicated Education Office under the Director's Office.
Original Message:
Sent: 11-23-2020 10:40 AM
From: Martha Schloetzer
Subject: Managers of Internships and Fellowships are in what department?

If your museum has a dedicated position for managing interns and fellows, where in the org chart does the position fall? Is it in Education, HR, Curatorial, Director's office? 

Thank you!

Mattie M. Schloetzer (she/her)

Program Administrator, Internships and Fellowships

Department of Gallery and Studio Learning

National Gallery of Art

Original Message:
Sent: 11/23/2020 10:41:00 AM
From: Martha Schloetzer
Subject: Managers of Internships and Fellowships are in what department?

If your museum has a dedicated position for managing interns and fellows, where in the org chart does the position fall? Is it in Education, HR, Curatorial, Director's office? 

Thank you!

Mattie M. Schloetzer (she/her)

Program Administrator, Internships and Fellowships

Department of Gallery and Studio Learning

National Gallery of Art

Wonderful question with no easy answer.

When I was running our Internship Program it was under "Museum Services" which included the Registrar's Office, Conservation and the Collections Managers.  While the Coordinator of Museum Services wrote the funding grants, the program was run by the Registrar's Office, Senior Conservator and Collection Manager for a given year's project.  The Interns were involved in the hand's on renovation and inventory of our collections teamed with instructional programming in all aspects of museum work ranging from the Director to Facilities.  Our special projects ranged from research, exhibits or education.  Most of these intern went on to be Registrar's, Conservators, and Collections Managers, myself included.

More recently the focus of interns has shifted to research based projects under "Academic Engagement" which is specifically geared towards internal/external college students.  It's more/less a stand alone entity under a curator/faculty advisor/associate director with links to academic credit programs.  The Coordinator collates resumes, arranges placement in hosting offices, schedules weekly behind-the-scenes talks and facilitates student presentations at the end of the term.  Most of these are during the summer months.

And then there are the Conservation Interns which have always come under Conservation.

Chrisso Boulis
Registrar Records / Past Internship Coordinator
Penn Museum



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Chrisso Boulis
Registrar, Records
Penn Museum - University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-23-2020 10:40 AM
From: Martha Schloetzer
Subject: Managers of Internships and Fellowships are in what department?

If your museum has a dedicated position for managing interns and fellows, where in the org chart does the position fall? Is it in Education, HR, Curatorial, Director's office? 

Thank you!

Mattie M. Schloetzer (she/her)

Program Administrator, Internships and Fellowships

Department of Gallery and Studio Learning

National Gallery of Art

Hello,
At The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY) the staff person that manages internships and fellowships is in the Education department.

All the best,
Tamsen

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Tamsen Young
Digital Media & Strategic Initiatives Manager
Museum at FIT
New York NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-23-2020 10:40 AM
From: Martha Schloetzer
Subject: Managers of Internships and Fellowships are in what department?

If your museum has a dedicated position for managing interns and fellows, where in the org chart does the position fall? Is it in Education, HR, Curatorial, Director's office? 

Thank you!

Mattie M. Schloetzer (she/her)

Program Administrator, Internships and Fellowships

Department of Gallery and Studio Learning

National Gallery of Art

Our Internship Program at The Corning Museum of Glass is currently housed in HR. I am following this discussion and am interested to see the results!

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Jessica Trump
Volunteer and Internship Programs Supervisor
Corning Museum of Glass
Corning NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-23-2020 10:40 AM
From: Martha Schloetzer
Subject: Managers of Internships and Fellowships are in what department?

If your museum has a dedicated position for managing interns and fellows, where in the org chart does the position fall? Is it in Education, HR, Curatorial, Director's office? 

Thank you!

Mattie M. Schloetzer (she/her)

Program Administrator, Internships and Fellowships

Department of Gallery and Studio Learning

National Gallery of Art

See the Getty Foundation's internship information at: https://www.getty.edu/foundation/

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Gregory Dobie
Editorial and Educational Consultant
San Antonio, Texas
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-23-2020 10:40 AM
From: Martha Schloetzer
Subject: Managers of Internships and Fellowships are in what department?

If your museum has a dedicated position for managing interns and fellows, where in the org chart does the position fall? Is it in Education, HR, Curatorial, Director's office? 

Thank you!

Mattie M. Schloetzer (she/her)

Program Administrator, Internships and Fellowships

Department of Gallery and Studio Learning

National Gallery of Art

This is a wonderful question! Poster House hosts ours under the Education department.

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Samantha Hirsch
Education Director
Poster House
New York NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-23-2020 10:40 AM
From: Martha Schloetzer
Subject: Managers of Internships and Fellowships are in what department?

If your museum has a dedicated position for managing interns and fellows, where in the org chart does the position fall? Is it in Education, HR, Curatorial, Director's office? 

Thank you!

Mattie M. Schloetzer (she/her)

Program Administrator, Internships and Fellowships

Department of Gallery and Studio Learning

National Gallery of Art