Digital Collections and Services Intern

About the role

The Digital Collections and Services department creates and preserves faithful and engaging photographs of Brooklyn Museum collections through the creation of born digital assets and the digitization of historical analog materials. In addition to image production, the department manages copyright status information for these works and administers licensing agreements with artists or their estates that permit the museum to reproduce works in the collection for museum-related activities. The department seeks an intern to assist a long-term project focused on researching the rights status and identifying appropriate copyright holders for works in the Museum collection.

Responsibilities

• Assess the rights status and clear copyright for Museum objects by consulting a variety of external resources, following an established research process
• Draft correspondence and license agreements
• Track progress in a database
• Update rights information in TMS – the Museum’s primary object information system
• Convert analog files into a digital database, following established procedures and naming conventions
• Attend intern seminars every other Tuesday starting February 2, 2026, from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Qualifications

• Paid internships are open to undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates, and adults 21+ who are not enrolled in higher education
• PhD candidates are not eligible
• A working knowledge of copyright law is helpful but not required to start
• Ideal for students interested in museum collections, intellectual property law, and research projects

Pay

$17 per hour

Schedule

• Part‑time, 12 hours per week
• Duration: February 2 – April 27, 2027
• Intern seminars: every other Tuesday starting February 2, 2026, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
• Application deadline: November 8, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)

About

For 200 years, the Brooklyn Museum has been recognized as a trailblazer. Through a vast array of exhibitions, public programs, and community-centered initiatives, it continues to broaden the narratives of art, uplift a multitude of voices, and center creative expression within important dialogues of the day.