Graduate Internship Opportunities 2025-2026

Getty Graduate Internships are offered by the four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust (the Museum, Research Institute, Conservation Institute, and the Foundation), as well as Getty Publications and Getty Digital. Please review the descriptions of graduate internships listed below. Using the online Fluxx application, select two positions in order of preference.

The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance. To fulfill this mission, the Museum continues to build its collections through purchase and gifts, and develops programs of exhibitions, publications, scholarly research, public education, and the performing arts that engage our diverse local and international audiences. All of these activities are enhanced by the uniquely evocative architectural and garden settings provided by the Museum's two renowned venues: the Getty Villa and the Getty Center. A few internships will be located at the Getty Villa. For more information about the Museum, go to getty.edu/museum.

Museum: Antiquities Conservation (Getty Villa)

The department of Antiquities Conservation is responsible for the care of the Getty Museum’s collection of ancient art at the Getty Villa. As part of the conservation team, the Graduate Intern will participate in the full range of activities of the department, working closely with all departmental staff, curators, and other professional staff across Getty. Activities include the conservation treatment and technical study of a wide variety of ancient artifacts made of metal, stone, ceramics, glass and organic materials as well as preventive conservation, exhibition planning and installation, research, examination and preparation of objects for loan, and mountmaking. The intern will participate in ongoing projects such as the study of ancient polychromy, rigging and treatment of large-scale sculpture, 3-D scanning applications in conservation treatment and mountmaking, exhibitions, and public outreach. The intern is encouraged to conduct a research project in an area of interest to them, such as in in-depth technical study, utilizing the Getty’s analytical and research resources.

Museum: Communications and Public Affairs

The Museum's Public Affairs department offers a special opportunity for a Graduate Intern to gain hands-on experience in internal and external museum communications activities. Collaborating with a small, dynamic team, the intern will work on an array of external and internal communications for the Museum. The intern will regularly write and edit content, and manage its publication process on our website and external partner sites (including Google Arts & Culture); support the Museum's social media platforms helping to create and publish content, with a special focus on content supporting the Museum's public programs; help refine mailing lists for exhibition openings; (potentially) play a role in supporting small and large-scale events; and assist with other activities as time permits. The internship will provide a rich learning experience of how a communications department supports a museum's daily operations.

Museum: Curatorial, Antiquities (Getty Villa, Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World)

The intern in the Antiquities Department participates in a wide range of departmental activities at the Getty Villa relating to the research and presentation of the collection, centering on Greek, Etruscan and Roman art from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. Regular activities include researching objects for collection management records, giving gallery tours, and contributing to publication projects, scholarly programs, and social media platforms. The intern also supports the curatorial staff in mounting rotating exhibitions through the preparation of object lists, didactic materials, and display strategies. The intern works closely with all departmental staff as well as registrars, conservators, educators, designers, and other professional staff, and will gain experience in diverse aspects of curatorship, collection management, exhibition development and installation, museum education, and public outreach.

Museum: Curatorial, Drawings

The Drawings Department intern will work directly with the curators on the study and display of the Getty's world-renowned collection of European drawings, which includes works by Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Lorrain, Rembrandt, and van Gogh, among many others. The intern will gain knowledge of how to handle the sheets safely, how to work with and catalogue them, and will assist with the rotation of exhibitions through which the works are made available to visitors, also attending and planning design meetings that typify the collaborative museum working environment.

Beyond this, the intern will be deeply involved in a variety of curatorial projects, including researching potential/new acquisitions and creating labels and web content that keep the collection fresh and alive for contemporary audiences. The Drawings Department intern will emerge with an understanding of a wide range of curatorial duties and a rich variety of museum experience.

Museum: Curatorial, Manuscripts

The Manuscripts Department intern will be involved with the study and presentation of one of the foremost collections of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the country. The intern will become familiar with the permanent collection by undertaking research-oriented projects and will work in a collaborative environment, including departments across the museum. The intern will have the opportunity to work with curators on a future exhibition for the department, which may include concept development, object selection, label writing, and display planning. We welcome an intern who will be eager to develop exhibitions projects that are vital and relevant to modern, diverse audiences, especially ones that engage with our ongoing DEAI work both in and outside of the galleries. The successful candidate will have a proven academic record in medieval art history, with preference for a background in manuscripts, and will also demonstrate how this internship will benefit the individual's development in the field of museum curation.

Museum: Curatorial, Paintings (European, prior to about 1900)

The Internship provides intensive curatorial training by engaging interns with the Getty’s renowned and expanding collection of European paintings. Researching works, writing gallery texts, conceiving installations, conducting gallery talks, developing content for social media, and assisting curators with exhibition-related research and scholarly entries for the Online Catalogue of Paintings are among the wide range of activities an intern may undertake while working in the department. Interns will further benefit from exposure to the art market and to public and private collections in Los Angeles. In keeping with curatorial practice, much of the work is collaborative in nature and will entail interaction with Paintings Conservation, Education, Design, Collection Info and Access, among many departments. Candidates with prior work experience in a museum, keen interest in objects, and a strong desire to pursue a curatorial career are ideally suited to the Graduate Internship in the Paintings Department. In order to contribute to the Online Catalogue of Paintings and to the preparation of future exhibition projects, reading knowledge of another language, notably French, Italian, Spanish, and/or German will be highly desirable.

Museum: Curatorial, Photographs

The intern in the Department of Photographs will assist the curatorial staff on one or more exhibitions scheduled for 2026-2027, including projects related to African American, Filipino, and Japanese American photography. He/She/They will conduct research on the permanent collection, catalogue works for display, write label copy, and assist with logistics related to coordinating exhibitions and publications. In addition, the intern will work on acquisition proposals and collections management and will staff the department’s study room one day a week.

Museum: Curatorial, Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The internship offers a full introduction to the work of the curatorial department devoted to European sculpture and decorative arts dating between around 1200 and 1900 (with a small group of modern outdoor sculpture ranging from 1910-1980). The intern will be provided with opportunities to study the collection, its management, and development. He, she, or they will research works of art to update the on-line collection pages, participate in research and development of scholarly catalogues and display and interpretation of the permanent collection. The main departmental projects currently include the French Ceramic catalogue, the re-design of the galleries devoted to the 18th-century decorative arts collection, and the preparation of the bilingual didactic apparatus for the permanent collections.

Museum: Decorative Arts and Sculpture Conservation

The Decorative Arts and Sculpture Conservation Graduate Intern will engage in conservation treatments and technical studies of a diverse range of objects in the Getty Museum’s collections. The intern will be integrated into the daily activities of the lab as well as preventive conservation activities including environmental monitoring of collection areas. Treatment projects may involve works of European sculpture in stone or bronze, European furniture, or outdoor modern sculpture in bronze or steel. In-depth technical studies of collection objects will allow opportunities for the intern to take full advantage of Getty’s extensive analytical and research resources. Depending on the interests of the intern, a research project leading to publication will be encouraged.

Museum: Design

The intern will join a multidisciplinary team of creative professionals to deliver design solutions for a range of projects related to the Getty visitor experience. Tailored to the individual's skills and career aspirations, the intern could work on a range of projects including exhibition and graphic design for temporary exhibitions and permanent collection galleries, design for greater accessibility, digital design, or branding. At the crossroads of creative activity within the institution, work will involve collaborations with many internal stakeholders and departments. The Museum's Design Studio is a fast-paced, deadline-driven, creative environment that develops high quality design solutions.

Museum: Paintings Conservation

The 2025-2026 Graduate Intern will have several important treatments to complete, covering a variety of conservation problems. Treatments may include paintings from the permanent collection, as well as ongoing projects from other institutions. The intern will also be actively involved in the department’s analysis of paintings in the collection. X-radiography, infrared reflectography, and photomicrography techniques will all be included as part of the training. The intern will have an opportunity to work with conservation scientists at the Getty Conservation Institute in this regard. In addition, the intern will assist with the daily routine care of the collection, including inspection and treatment of outgoing or incoming loans from the collection, and monitoring environmental conditions in the galleries.

Museum: Public Programs (Getty Villa)

This Getty Villa internship welcomes a student with a passion for the ancient world who will participate in developing and implementing public and college programs founded in antiquity. These include talks, College Night, and student play matinees. The student will research programs that illuminate our exhibitions and permanent collection. This internship provides a hands-on opportunity to participate in the many stages of program management , contribute to content development, and collaborate with colleagues from across the Museum and Trust. We value a sense of fun and exploration and will shape a project around the interests of the intern.

Museum: Registrar

The internship in the Registrar’s Office provides a broad overview of the Museum’s collections and exhibitions and the chance to interact with the curatorial, conservation, preparations, and exhibition staff. The intern will be introduced to the work of the Registrar’s Office in the areas of acquisition policies and procedures, collections management, exhibition planning and installation, fine art shipping, insurance, and rights and reproductions. They will also receive specific training for any current projects as well as on-going tutorials regarding general museum and registration best practices.

The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts and their various histories through its expertise, active collecting program, public programs, institutional collaborations, exhibitions, publications, digital services, and residential scholars' programs. Its Research Library and Special Collections of rare materials and digital resources serve an international community of scholars and the interested public. The Institute's activities and scholarly resources guide and sustain each other and together provide a unique environment for research, critical inquiry, and scholarly exchange. For more information about the GRI, go to getty.edu/research.

GRI: Chief Librarian’s Office

The intern will play an important role in assessing web archiving as a collection development activity in the Getty Research Institute Library. Responsibilities will include conducting research on the state of web archiving in art/art history institutions, documenting best practices, contributing to collection development and cataloging related to current web archiving activities in the GRI Library, and optimizing these workflows for a larger scope of collecting. The intern will also work closely with staff from across Getty including the Library, Institutional Archives and Digital Preservation, and will have the opportunity to collaborate with national and international institutions. It is expected that the intern will have some familiarity with theoretical considerations behind developing collections, but this internship is intended to build relevant practical skills in this arena and to provide space for experimentation and skill development in web archiving.

GRI: Digital Media & Content Strategy

This internship offers experience in developing digital content for the Getty Research Institute (GRI) and its online channels. Our department works with teams across the GRI to promote their projects, imagining ways to engage audiences through creative storytelling. The intern participates in both the editorial side of content creation—writing articles, social media posts, website text, and more—as well as the digital media side, helping manage website production, preparing assets for upload, gathering and analyzing web traffic data, and participating in UX designing and user testing. The ideal intern is currently pursuing or has recently completed a graduate-level degree in journalism, art history, communications, or a related field; has a broad interest in the visual arts; is an excellent writer; and is passionate about using digital tools to communicate with a global scholarly audience. They should be a self-starter who can work both independently and in highly collaborative environments.

GRI: Exhibitions

The Exhibitions Department at the Research Institute presents at least two bilingual (English and Spanish) exhibitions per year in its galleries, organizes tours of exhibitions with domestic and international partner institutions, and assists with the coordination of collaborative exhibition projects in Los Angeles. This internship offers practical, firsthand experience in exhibition development and project management, including scheduling, budget preparation, and planning for the display of rare books, artists’ books, prints, photographs, video works, and archival materials from GRI Special Collections. The intern will work closely with the Head of Exhibitions and Exhibitions Coordinators, and with colleagues from departments across Getty. Ideal candidates are proactive, highly organized, detail-oriented and collaborative, and should possess excellent communication skills and a strong interest in the visual arts. During the 2025–2026 term, the intern will have the opportunity to work on multiple exhibition projects and will participate in planning for the opening and closing of our Spring 2026 exhibition, as well as other exhibitions in earlier stages of development.

GRI: Getty Vocabulary Program

The intern’s responsibilities and learning opportunities will include editorial and technical tasks related to the creation of the Art & Architecture Thesaurus ® (AAT), the Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ® (TGN), the Cultural Objects Name Authority ® (CONA), and the Getty Iconography Authority ™ (IA). Duties and activities include evaluating, constructing, revising, and expanding new and existing terminologies for art and architecture, processing contributions from internal and external projects using OpenRefine and other technologies, and expanding the scope of the Vocabularies to make them more multicultural and multilingual. The intern will receive holistic training in creating authority records, processing data sets, and indexing works of art and architecture. In addition, they will receive insight into how vocabularies and their associated data are used in retrieval and linked broadly in the outside world, including as Linked Open Data (LOD).

GRI: Getty Provenance Index

The Getty Provenance Index (GPI) intern will develop hands-on expertise in digital art provenance metadata practices, semantic data models and standards, and linked data-powered research applications in the cultural heritage and digital humanities fields. The intern will be given a comprehensive introduction to the history of provenance, collecting and art markets, and develop a broad understanding of archival sources, tools and methodologies used in research powered by linked data. The intern will perform tasks related to semantic data creation, structuring, ingestion and curation in the new GPI’s Arches interface, and will be involved in outreach activities. The internship provides a unique opportunity to work within several art historical periods, a variety of primary source materials spread across libraries, archives and digital collections, and new developments in provenance, collecting and art market research as well as in data analysis and visualization using tools such as OpenRefine, Tableau and SPARQL.

GRI: Publications

The Graduate Internship in Getty Research Institute Publications is focused on producing and editing scholarly art books and the Getty Research Journal (GRJ). The Graduate Intern will work closely with GRI editors to learn how books and the GRJ are produced, including copyediting, obtaining art and permissions, proofing typeset pages, and promoting the final product. They will also gain experience with Quire, the open-source software developed by Getty, to produce the journal and digital books; and Scholastica, the journal’s submission management portal. The Graduate Intern will interact with the designers, production coordinators, and other professionals at Getty Publications as books and the GRJ move through each stage of publication. They will gain the skills they need to be a competitive applicant for jobs in scholarly or museum publishing; thus, applicants who aspire to work in this field are preferred. The projects scheduled for 2025–26 include a monograph on the architect Welton Becket; a collection of essays on monumentality; a publication on the architect Paul Revere Williams; an English edition of Anne Lafont's book L’art et la race; and issues of the GRJ. Past interns have obtained publishing jobs at the Rubin Museum of Art, the CMRS Center for Early Global Studies at UCLA, and the GRI, among other institutions.

For another editorial opportunity, see the Getty Publications internship.

GRI: Registrar’s Office, Special Collections Management

The internship in the GRI Registrar’s Office offers comprehensive experience in working with materials from Special Collections, including rare books, prints, sketchbooks and albums of drawings, photographs, video works, artists’ books, archives of art historians, artists, architects, collectors, and dealers. The Graduate Intern will gain considerable insight in multiple areas of registrarial work by assisting the GRI registrar team in receiving new acquisitions, tracking object movements, loan requests, condition reporting, documentation, record maintenance, fine art shipping and insurance. There will be opportunities to participate in exhibition planning and loan review meetings with colleagues from exhibitions, curatorial, and conservation. Additionally, the intern will be introduced to industry standards and best practices as well as training in art handling within an archival setting.

GRI: Special Collections Cataloging & Processing

The intern in Special Collections Cataloging will gain hands-on experience with Getty's unique research collections, which include the archives of artists, architects, dealers, and art historians; sketches and drawings; prints from the 16th to the 21st century; and rare photographs. The broad range of subject areas includes, but is not limited to: art collectors and collecting, 20th-century architecture, video and performance art, Latin American art, and African American art. The primary responsibility of the Graduate Intern will be to process an archive related to modern and contemporary art containing a variety of formats. Tasks will include writing a finding aid in ArchivesSpace, creating records in ALMA and in OCLC Connexion, and potentially engaging in authority work and born-digital description. The intern will gain experience in the proper handling of archives, archival arrangement and description, and cataloging principles. The intern may assist with other department processing projects and data enhancement and cleanup projects.

The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) works internationally to advance conservation practice in the visual arts - broadly interpreted to include objects, collections, architecture, and sites. The Institute serves the conservation community through scientific research, education and training, field projects, and the dissemination of information. In all its endeavors, the GCI creates and delivers knowledge that contributes to the conservation of the world’s cultural heritage. For more information, go to getty.edu/conservation.

GCI: Buildings and Sites

Interns in the Buildings and Sites Department will join one or more of its interdisciplinary project teams and undertake work which may include research, field campaigns potentially involving hands-on conservation work, or contributing to the development of training programs and workshops and publications. Potential areas of work for 2025-26 interns might include subjects such as climate change and sustainability and involve the following projects:

GCI: Buildings and Sites, The Decorated Surfaces Team
The Decorated Surfaces Team is in the process of project development and exploring next steps to advance the fields of rock art and wall paintings conservation. This includes needs assessment, production of treatment and management guidelines, network-building, and organization of experts meetings. The internship will include assisting team members with any or all of these aspects of project development. Specific activities will include archival project research, literature review, connecting with specialists working in the field, preparing for project team site work and visits, and supporting the development of training modules. The internship will potentially include some field activities in rock art and/or wall paintings conservation, and development and refinement of methods for documentation and monitoring rock art and wall paintings, including advanced applications of photogrammetry capture and processing.

GCI: Buildings and Sites, The Earthen Architecture Initiative (EAI)
The Earthen Architecture Initiative (EAI) seeks to advance earthen architecture conservation through model projects that improve the way conservation interventions are carried out; research that addresses unanswered questions in earthen conservation; capacity building; and dissemination of information for appropriate conservation interventions on historic buildings, settlements, and archaeological sites composed of earthen materials. Currently the EAI is engaged in international activities and institutional partnerships through the Seismic Retrofitting Project for historic earthen buildings in Perú and the International Course on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture in the UAE/Oman. More information about the EAI can be found here.

GCI: Buildings and Sites, African American Historic Places, Los Angeles Project (AAHPLA)
African American Historic Places, Los Angeles Project (AAHPLA) is a collaborative project with Los Angeles City Planning, Office of Historic Resources (OHR) to identify, protect, and celebrate the city's Black heritage. The project provides the opportunity to rethink historic preservation policies and processes to better support social justice and equity goals and offers a potential model for future initiatives related to other communities in Los Angeles and beyond. The intern will work with the GCI and City to contribute to the work of the project in areas such as community engagement and the development of neighborhood preservation strategies. Aiming to encourage greater diversity in the conservation profession, graduates from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented are encouraged to apply. Additionally, the ideal candidate should demonstrate a keen interest in and commitment to conserving African American heritage. More information on AAHPLA can be found here.

A full list of the Department’s projects can be found here.

GCI: Collections

Interns in the GCI’s Collections Department will participate as members of interdisciplinary teams in projects that may include research, contributing to the organization and implementation of courses or workshops, or in the documentation of project work. Potential areas of work might include the following:

GCI: Collections, The Cleaning of Wooden Gilded Surfaces and Recent Advances in Characterizing Asian Lacquer
The Cleaning of Wooden Gilded Surfaces and Recent Advances in Characterizing Asian Lacquer projects are seeking an intern to join the teams working on the study and conservation of wooden decorative surfaces. The work currently encompasses research on cleaning systems targeted to both gilded and (Asian) lacquered decorative surfaces; development of training activities (in person and online) to be offered internationally; of didactic material (publication and instructional videos) to be shared with the field; and of an international professional network of experts. The intern will have the opportunity to interact with conservators, conservation scientists and associated professionals within and outside the Getty. They will be encouraged to participate in ongoing research and present results at a conference or through publications.

GCI: Collections, The Managing Collection Environments Initiative (MCE)
The Managing Collection Environments Initiative (MCE) addresses research questions and practical issues on preservation and sustainability for collections in museums, libraries, and archives. Current areas of interest include decision-making process, risk assessment and life cycle assessment, access to collections and management of collections in storage. The intern's responsibilities will encompass a range of activities supporting research projects, field projects, contributing to sustainability projects in storage spaces in museums and archives, monitoring campaigns of collections, and assisting in the creation of dissemination content. More information on MCE can be found here.

GCI: Collections: The Modern and Contemporary Arts Research Initiative (ModCon)
The Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative (ModCon) is a collaboration between Science and Collections departments that aims to address the many and varied conservation needs of modern and contemporary art. Over the next year, the ModCon Collections Intern will have the opportunity to contribute to several ongoing projects. These projects include investigating current practices for documenting installation art, exploring techniques for polishing modern metals, developing educational resources on the preservation of time-based media, contributing to artist interviews, and researching conservation strategies for light-based artworks. Additionally, the intern will assist in the organization of international workshops on the conservation of outdoor sculptures—one dedicated to bronze patination and another to painted surfaces. More information on ModCon can be found here.

A full list of the Department’s projects can be found here.

GCI: Information Center, AATA Online

AATA Online, part of the GCI Information Center, is a free online database for professionals engaged in the conservation and management of material cultural heritage in all its forms. The database contains over 160,000 records that include abstracts and index terms, dating from 1932 to the present.

AATA Online interns will gain experience with cataloging, subject analysis, conservation and preservation literature, and bibliographic database management. Primary responsibilities will consist of original cataloging of print materials and digital files in Ex Libris's Alma platform using MARC/AACR2 standards, creating and clustering author authority records using VIAF/LC authority files and AATA guidelines, generating and inputting index terms using an automated indexing tool, working with Getty Digital on record cleanup projects and normalization rules specific to AATA Online within Alma, and researching conservation and preservation literature to identify and cull articles missing from AATA Online in preparation for inputting into the database. More information on AATA Online can be found here.

GCI: Science

Interns in the GCI's Science Department will join research teams working on some of our current scientific projects and major research initiatives. They will gain valuable experience in using a range of analytical instrumentation and performing tests to investigate the properties of materials used in cultural heritage; to evaluate conservation treatments; to assess preventive conservation strategies; or to conduct technical examinations on works of art. Potential areas of work might include the following:

GCI: Science, The Preservation of Plastics Project
The Preservation of Plastics Project, part of the Modern and Contemporary Art (ModCon) Initiative, is a long-term project that aims at investigating methods to prevent or slow the degradation of these materials, establishing suitable approaches to their preservation, and defining conservation treatments. This project includes activities such as collection surveys, treatment and storage studies, and the dissemination of research through workshops, publications, and the treatment of high-profile case studies. The intern will be involved in several aspects of the project, including the chemical and physical characterization of plastics, researching and testing preservation and conservation approaches for these materials, and assisting with dissemination activities. More information on the Preservation of Plastics Project can be found here.

GCI: Science, Technical Studies Research (TSR)
The Technical Studies Research (TSR) team is seeking an intern to help develop spectral libraries to facilitate the interpretation of reflectance imaging spectroscopy data. Creating a set of reference standards consisting of pigments ranging from antiquity through the early 20th century, the intern will collect FORS, Raman, XRF, and spectrophotometry measurements and build spectral libraries in ENVI or other suitable software environment. In parallel, the intern will participate in technical studies originating from the conservation and curatorial departments of the Getty Museum (primarily Paintings and Manuscripts Conservation). This internship will provide the successful applicant with the experience of working with the wide variety of materials typically encountered in the analysis of museum objects as well as provide them with an opportunity to learn about the concerns and priorities of conservators and curators. More information about the TSR group can be found here.

GCI: Science, Managing Collection Environments (MCE)
The Managing Collection Environments (MCE) Initiative addresses research questions and practical issues on preservation and sustainability for collections in museums, libraries, and archives. Current areas of interest include lighting research and practice, art in transit, and sustainable gallery environments. The intern will work with colleagues from the Science department, with a particular emphasis on light-induced color change, environmental and object change studies, and preventive conservation workshop and symposium development. Since the MCE team also includes members from the Collections group, the intern will also frequently interact across GCI departments. More information on MCE can be found here.

A full list of the Department’s projects can be found here.

Foundation: Grants Programming

The Getty Foundation fulfills the philanthropic mission of the Getty Trust, a cultural and philanthropic institution based in Los Angeles, by supporting individuals and institutions committed to advancing the greater understanding and preservation of the visual arts locally and throughout the world. Through strategic grant initiatives and residential scholar, fellow, and intern programs, it strengthens the discipline of art history, promotes interdisciplinary conservation practice, increases access to museum and archival collections, and develops current and future leaders. The Foundation was established in 1984 and works in collaboration with the other Getty Programs—the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute—to identify and implement funding strategies to research and preserve cultural heritage from all times and places. The Graduate Intern in the Foundation should have an awareness of leading issues in at least one of these fields (art history, conservation, library and archives, and/or museums) and be excited to join a team in advancing the Getty’s mission globally.

Trust: Getty Digital, Collection & Content Management Systems

The intern in Collection & Content Management Systems (Getty Digital) will gain intensive experience preserving Getty's unique collections and assets in digital format, which include archives of artists, galleries and art historians and audio/video artworks and documentation as well as websites, institutional born-digital records, and research data. The intern’s primary responsibilities will include troubleshooting and testing workflows for ingesting content of all types into a managed system, and developing creative ways to archive complex web experiences, with other projects assigned according to the intern’s particular skills and interests. Specific tasks may include developing preservation plans for file characterization, migration and normalization, performing quality assurance on web archives and troubleshooting technical issues that arise, assessing technical metadata for digital assets, and participating in the drafting of policies and procedures related to digital preservation.

Trust: Getty Digital, Center Imaging Studios

The Getty Digital Center Imaging Studios department is responsible for the photography and technical imaging of the Getty Center Museum’s objects to provide images and computational data sets for publication, exhibition, documentation, scholarship, creative outputs, and conservation. We are seeking a Graduate Intern with a background in Conservation Imaging Science or Computer Science who is interested in the implementation of 3D imaging in a museum environment, creating high resolution scientifically accurate 3D models (and data sets), working alongside a talented Imaging team at one of the leading Cultural Heritage organizations in the world. The intern will learn current photogrammetry and 3D imaging processes and work with a team to research and implement emerging technologies. Projects will include developing workflows on a custom photogrammetry rig and scripting automations for multiple 3D processes. This is a great opportunity to learn 3D imaging and its application to promote, document and preserve a museum’s collection.

Trust: Getty Digital, Digital Imaging Department, Villa Imaging Studios (Getty Villa)

The Graduate Intern at the Villa Imaging Studios will be fully immersed in the fine art of cultural heritage studio photography. Through this internship, the intern will become adept at handling and maintaining photography equipment, mastering advanced photographic techniques, and contributing creatively to projects alongside seasoned photographers; capturing the essence of the antiquities collection at the Getty Museum. Additionally, the intern will participate in collaborative projects with various museum departments, gaining a comprehensive understanding of museum operations, and contributing to the visual impact of the Getty brand. This hands-on experience is designed to cultivate a well-rounded skill set, essential for a professional career in museum photography and cultural heritage preservation.

Trust: President’s Office

The Graduate Intern, President's Office, would support major initiatives underway to further strategic priorities across the organization. Primarily, the intern would contribute to the VX Initiative and the Getty Global Forum. The VX Initiative is a new visitor experience project that aims to transform the ways in which growing audiences interact with the Getty Center campus and all that we have to offer. Getty Global Forum is a new annual convening that seeks to engage international multi-sectoral leaders in critical conversations at the intersection of arts and culture, business, technology, and sustainability. The intern's work will focus on, and strengthen, skills in research and development, project management, cross-institutional collaboration, and strategic planning.

Trust: Getty Publications, Digital and Print Publications

As the publisher serving all areas of Getty, Getty Publications produces thirty to thirty-five print titles per year and an increasing number of web-based open-access publications. This comprehensive publications internship is centered around our Editorial and Digital Publishing Departments, offering a grounding in the traditional editorial functions involved in printed art book publishing as well as hands-on experience with the leading edge of digital publishing technology. Interns are integrated into the workflows of current book projects, receiving personal instruction and feedback through assisting the editor in chief, digital publications manager, managing editor, and each of the department’s four project editors. Additionally, the intern will work closely with staff in every other Getty Pubs department, gaining wide exposure to the conception/acquisition, design and production, distribution, and sales and marketing phases of publishing, from project acquisition through launch to finished book. We collaborate with colleagues across the Getty Trust, including the J. Paul Getty Museum (Center and Villa), the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Research Institute. Typical projects range from exhibition and collection catalogues to scholarly books on conservation and art history, as well as internally developed trade titles relating to Getty’s collections and mission. Intern duties include the coordination of digital assets and metadata; manuscript review, research, and fact checking; basic copyediting; proofreading page proofs; helping to manage and maintain workflow with authors and freelancers; project coordination; and assisting in clearing image rights. Interns will attend and contribute to a variety of meetings with colleagues in curatorial and other Getty departments. The position also promotes familiarity with trends in the museum and publishing technology fields, including user-centered design, the digital humanities, and open-source software development. Candidates should be organized, detail-oriented, collaborative, and have strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as a love of books and learning. Past interns have gone on to jobs at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, University of Chicago Press, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Williams College, and Yale University Press, among other publishers.

For another editorial opportunity, see the Getty Research Institute Publications internship position.