Museum Teaching Fellows will be employed by the museum and will receive hands-on training to lead gallery tours for school-aged audiences and adult visitors. Fellows will also be introduced to various roles within the Museum and encouraged to become involved in projects that match their skills and interests. Our goals for this program are to professionalize students and provide them with career development training to enter and grow in museum professions and/or patronage.
Fellowships
The Birmingham Museum of Art is committed to creating paid pathways into museum careers. We offer eight paid positions within four types of fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students, several of these in close partnership with Birmingham’s local colleges and universities. We believe in supporting students, particularly populations underrepresented in museum professions, with opportunities that provide direct access to learning, skill development, and mentorship.
The Goodrich Internship (Paid)
The Goodrich Internship is made possible by the Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation. The Goodrich Internship provides undergraduates or graduate students in art, art history, museum studies or related fields the chance to explore the possibilities of a museum career. The Goodrich Internship is a year-long, part-time position. The Intern will rotate between the four […]
UAB/BMA Curatorial Fellowship (Paid)
UAB/BMA Fellows are graduate students in the Art History department at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, who have already developed an area of concentration within their studies. The Fellowship gives students the opportunity to spend one year working in the Curatorial department at the Museum. It is designed to provide in-depth experience in the workings […]