Elizabeth M. Gordon Graduate Summer Internship – Archives

Part-Time up to 28 hours/week

Duration: 8-10 weeks

$26.00/hour

Background

Internationally recognized as a premier museum and research center the Frick is known for its distinguished Old Master paintings and outstanding examples of European sculpture and decorative arts.

The collection originated with Henry Clay Frick () who bequeathed his home paintings sculptures and decorative arts to the public for their enjoyment. The institutions holdingswhich encompass masterworks from the Renaissance through the nineteenth centuryhave grown over the decades more than doubling in size since the opening of the museum in 1935. A critical component of the institution is the Frick Art Research Library founded in 1920 by Helen Clay Frick daughter of the museums founder. Recognized as one of the worlds top art history research centers it has served students scholars and members of the public free of charge for generations.

The Frick has undergone a comprehensive renovation and was open in a temporary home Frick Madison from 2020 through early 2024 while renovations were underway at the mansion on 70th addition to special exhibition galleries and education spaces we have added enhanced visitor amenities and accessible spaces. The Museum and Art Research Library reopened to the public in April 2025

Workplace culture

At the Frick Collection we pride ourselves on promoting an open and welcoming workplace culture that supports work-life balance. The Frick strives to provide our employees with competitive salaries and exceptional benefits in a beautiful and pleasant work setting while offering an excellent opportunity to appreciate some of the worlds finest works of art.

The Frick Collection provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to personal characteristics such as race color religion sex age national origin disability pregnancy genetic information military or veteran status sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression marital and civil partnership/union status alienage or citizenship status creed genetic predisposition or carrier status unemployment status familial status domestic violence sexual violence or stalking victim status caregiver status or other characteristics protected by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Position Summary

The Archives Department of The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library is hosting an internship centered around processing and creating a finding aid for a collection of photograph and clippings albums as well as preparing metadata for the eventual digitization of these addition to working with this collection under the supervision of Archives staff the intern will also participate in the departments day-to-day operations including reference services and digital initiatives. If time permits the intern is encouraged to develop content for publication in the form of blog posts or through the Fricks social media outlets.

The education and/or experience requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and ability required to successfully perform the essential duties of this position.

The internship is open to graduate students currently enrolled in library and information science programs or in graduate programs with an archival coursework component. Recent graduates of such programs will also be considered.

Physical Requirements

The candidate must be able to perform the essential functions of the position and if requested reasonable accommodation(s) will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job absent undue hardship.

Physical requirements are comparable to most office roles. Ability to interact in-person with colleagues and the public. Use common office tools and machines (computer phone). Ability to traverse throughout the office and building(s) both inside and outside of the and visit different levels of the buildings. Ability to travel throughout New York City for enrichment activities. Ability to carry/transport materials weighing up to 20 pounds.

Work Hours and Compensation

This role is a part-time temporary nonexempt up to 28 hour/week role. The duration of this internship is 8-10 weeks.

There are very limited options for remote work on a very limited basis and occasional basis. For the most part all internships are in-person only in our offices on the Upper East Side.

The hourly rate for this role is $26.00/hour.

Interns who are assigned to work in person for the duration of their internship will receive at $1500.00 onboarding stipend on or before their first day of work.

Benefits in Employment with the Frick Collection

Part-time employees and interns accrue sick leave up to 56 hours/year in accordance with the New York City Earned Sick Time Act.

Paid Holidays: part-time employees and interns receive paid time-off when they would normally be scheduled to work on holidays The Frick is closed to the public. These include New Years Day Presidents Day Memorial Day Juneteenth Fourth of July Labor Day Martin Luther King Day Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Wellness Programs at the Frick include an Employee Assistance Plan a discount on Citi Bike memberships and a discount on bike helmets.

Transit benefit: all interns receive a monthly transit debit card valued at $132.00 for the month(s) they are working at The Frick.

Dining And Museum Shop Discounts: The Frick maintains a Seamless/GrubHub Corporate Account for all in-office food ordering. Employees working on-site may access an $8/day discount toward meal delivery from Seamless. This benefit is per employee per shift and is not transferable. All employees may access a discount in the Frick Museum Shop and the coffee bar in the Museum.

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis as long as this posting is active. Please submit applications by Monday February 23. Anticipated start date will be early June.