Internship Description
The purpose of this internship is to provide graduate art history students aspiring to a curatorial career with an in-depth understanding of curatorial practice within one of the world’s leading museums dedicated to 19th-century art.

The successful candidate will work closely with the curatorial team, gaining first-hand experience with the research, cataloguing, and preparation of temporary exhibitions devoted to French and American painting of the period. The internship will also offer exposure to curatorial meetings and to the broader communication strategies that support the museum’s mission.

Through these activities, interns will gain valuable insight into the daily responsibilities, decision-making processes, and creative challenges involved in exhibition planning and collection research at a major international museum.

About the Musée d’Orsay
Housed in the former Gare d’Orsay railway station on the banks of the Seine, the Musée d’Orsay holds the world’s richest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces, alongside major works of sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and architecture from 1848 to 1914. Its collection includes celebrated paintings by Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and Van Gogh. The museum stands as an essential reference for the study of modern art and its transatlantic dialogues.

Application Procedure
Complete the online application and submit the following:

• Case study:
  Write and submit a case study (500 words): Discuss how the exchange between French and American artists in the late 19th century shaped the development of Impressionism and modern art.
• Resume
• Cover Letter