Jobs, Interns, and Volunteers
The Museum looks for enthusiastic, energetic, and professional individuals to be part of our team through a variety of opportunities including permanent staff positions, grant-funded positions, internships and volunteer positions.
The Museum is committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as New York City and the audiences who are curious about learning more about its history and engaging in contemporary urban issues. Our staff members are dedicated to working towards a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring city museum in the world.
The Museum of the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer. As such, the Museum provides equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants without unlawful discrimination with respect to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, gender identification, marital status, military status or veteran, national origin, political association, political/personal convictions, predisposing genetic characteristics, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, geographic location, philosophies, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local laws, in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, demotion, transfer, lay-off, and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. All employment-related decisions are based solely on relevant criteria including training, experience, and suitability.
Jobs
Administrative Assistant
The Administrative Assistant provides essential administrative support and project coordination for the Chief Curator and Deputy Director, as well as administrative support across the division's departments — Curatorial, Collections, Public Programs, and Education — including correspondence, meeting logistics, financial paperwork, and departmental record-keeping. Acting as the first point of contact for both internal and external visitors, inquiries, and requests directed to the Chief Curator and Deputy Director, this role requires a blend of administrative and communication skills, as well as a passion for the arts and culture of New York City.
Associate, Visitor Services
The Associate, Visitor Services is key member of the Visitor Services and Retail Experience team, responsible for delivering a welcoming and engaging experience to visitors from New York City, across the country, and around the world. As the first point of contact for Museum guests, this role serves as an ambassador for the Museum, representing it in the best possible light through friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful service. This is a part-time position reporting directly to the Manager, Retail and Visitor Experience.
Manager, Retail and Visitor Experience
The Manager, Retail and Visitor Experience will lead the Museum’s, admissions/visitor experience, and retail sales team. Reporting directly to the Director of Retail and Visitor Experience, this position is responsible for hiring, training, scheduling, supervising, and motivating a staff of approximately 10-15 part-time employees. Working in close collaboration with the Director of Retail and Visitor Experience, and other managers, this position is focused on maximizing visitor satisfaction and earned revenue.
Assistant Conservator, Costumes & Textiles (One-Year Contract)
The Museum of the City of New York holds one of the most significant collections of costumes documenting New York City's social and fashion history from the 18th through 21st centuries. Reporting to the Senior Collections Manager of Costume & Textiles, the Assistant Conservator will treat and prepare works for exhibition from the costume and textile collection with a specific focus on late 19th century to early 20th century. Core responsibilities include examination, condition reporting, treatment planning and execution, mannequin dressing, and preventative care. The Assistant Conservator will also contribute loan preparations, incoming loan review, and acting as a courier with artwork as needed. This is a one-year full-time position.
Collections Cataloguer (Part-Time)
The Museum of the City of New York seeks a Collections Cataloguer to work in their Collections Department. Working in close collaboration with the Collections Department, this position will support a data cleanup initiative aimed at improving the accuracy, consistency, and completeness of object records in the museum’s collections management system, TMSCollections. In this capacity, the position involves reviewing, standardizing, updating metadata, as well as pulling objects to align with institutional and industry standards and data integrity.
Bilingual Museum Educator
The Bilingual (Spanish/English) Museum Educator is an essential member of the Education team that will facilitate engaging learning experiences in English, in Spanish, and in bilingual Spanish/English formats. The Bilingual Museum Educator is primarily responsible for leading and facilitating field trips and student experiences at the Museum for K-12 students. Educators will follow the learning goals of teaching guides provided by the Assistant Director, Student and Family Learning for this purpose. Bilingual Museum Educators work together to adapt the English-language field trips for Spanish-speaking and ENL students, including transcreating written materials, identifying vocabulary lists, suggesting support aids, and modifying field trip content and format. Bilingual Museum Educators also facilitate interactive experiences for audiences of all ages during professional learning programs for teachers, family workshops, community events, and social impact programming. Programming takes place primarily at the Museum, but Bilingual Museum Educators are also engaged to work at offsite locations around the city, in schools, and online. Additionally, Bilingual Museum Educators are responsible for preparing materials and supplies for upcoming education programs, conducting direct outreach, and assisting with program development as needed.
Internships
The Museum does not currently have any internship opportunities available at this time.
Volunteers
Primary Volunteer Positions are located at the Main Entrance Greeter Desk. Volunteers will be assigned a regular weekly two-hour time slot. Preference is given to those available on weekends. Some volunteers will initially be trained only as substitutes. Volunteers who have at least one year of experience at the Greeter Desk may apply to be trained as Docents to give exhibition tours to visitors.
Please click here to fill out the primary application.
**Volunteer applications are closed at the moment; all new applicants will be placed on waitlist**
How To Apply
Jobs
To apply for an open full-time or part-time position, qualified individuals can send their resume with cover letter and salary range to the attention of Human Resources at jobs@mcny.org (preferred method) or mail to Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029.
Fellowships
To apply for a fellowship, please submit the requested materials to the contact person as listed in the full job description above.
