SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · 2 weeks ago
Collections Intern
San Francisco, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
Start in 2026 SummerThe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the United States. They are seeking a Collections Intern to focus on centralizing access to documentation about promised gifts of art to the museum, which involves auditing records and contributing information for a minimum selection of 100 promised gifts.
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Responsibilities
Meet with stakeholders in Collections, Administration, Curatorial, Legal, and Philanthropy to understand departmental needs and interests related to promised gifts
Make discoveries and/or make recommendations based on stakeholder needs and interests, which may include looking for patterns or trends in promised gifts
Assessing completion rates of promised gifts over the past 10, 15, or 20 years
Considering the storage implications of receiving all pending promised gifts
Recommending ways to inform staff that promised gifts will be on display
Participate in discussions about the types of information needed to analyze the effect of promised gifts on collections development and care
Audit hardcopy and digital files housed with Collections and Curatorial related to promised gifts
Scan documents, upload scans, and add information about the documents to the museum’s digital asset management system
Audit information in the museum’s collections management system and contribute information to the system, including information about artworks, donors, and ownership
Add information about hardcopy files to an Object Records Inventory sheet
Compare the process for proposed promised gifts to that of proposed acquisitions
Support with the draft of a Standard Operating Procedure related to documenting promised gifts
Participate in reviewing the museum’s collections management policy and gift acceptance policies for relevant updates based on learnings from the internship
Report-out on discoveries and recommendations at one or more cross-departmental meetings
Qualification
Required
Applicants must be currently enrolled in school or a recent graduate. The SFMOMA recognizes a graduation date within 6 months of the internship start date as a recent graduate
If you are a current employee of the SFMOMA applying for an internship, you must be a current student or a recent graduate, within 6 months of the internship start date
General knowledge of museum practices, art collections development, and modern and contemporary art
Familiarity with records management and organization
Familiarity with digital asset management and collections management systems
Comfortable working with a range of internal constituents
Eager to work in a creative, collaborative, team-oriented environment
Benefits
Hands-on experience
Mentorship
Weekly presentations and discussions with various departments in the museum
Off-site educational visits within the Bay Area community
Access to various tours and events within the museum
Company
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Art transforms lives. It provokes us to think, to express, to explore our own creativity, to envision new possibilities.
Founded in 1935
501-1000 employees
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Daniel Johnson
Associate Director, Foundation and Government Partnerships
Diane Minnite
Interim Chief Exhibitions and Collections Officer
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