M+ Internship Programme 2024/2025 (Summer Intake)– Collection & Exhibition (Ref: R5407)

The M+ Internship Programme, supported by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Hong Kong, is a unique opportunity for those who are interested in developing a career in the museum field. You will work closely with the M+ team full time for a period of one year, gaining both practical and theoretical training. This intake will take place from August 2024 to August 2025. 

The Collection & Exhibition Internship offers exposure and training in a variety of collection care and object management activities across teams within the Collection & Exhibition Department. The role affords the unique experience of working closely with collection objects in collaboration with museum staff, while learning the importance of object documentation as carried out by different museum teams. Supported by the Senior Registrar, Collection, as the mentor, the intern will also have the opportunity to work closely with Senior Registrar, Loans & Exhibitions, Senior Manager, Collections Database, and Senior Manager, Rights & Images and their respective teams.

You will be able to:

• Assist in collections care activates including object documentation and cataloguing, list preparation, labelling, packing, and storage;
• Assist in facilitating object movement, tracking, and general collection-related administration tasks;
• Assist in tracking, data entry, and the documentation of collections and loan material selected for exhibition;
• Assist Registration staff to facilitate access, packing, shipping, or installation of works in various areas across the museum ;
• Assist in collection and exhibition installation photography;
• Assist in securing copyright licences for collection objects and/or exhibitions;
• Assist in object information cleanup and enrichment within the collection management database;
• Assist with the development of support documentation and training materials.

You need to:

• Be a permanent resident of the Hong Kong Special Administrative region
• Possess a recognised university degree ideally in relevant fields such as art history, museum studies, arts administration, cultural management or equivalent
• Have strong interest in working professionally in the museum field
• Possess some relevant work experience, but not a requirement             
• Ability to listen to verbal instructions and carry out multi-step tasks 
• Have a good command of spoken and written English and Chinese (Cantonese / Mandarin)

Presenting Supporter of M+ Internship Programme: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Hong Kong

For interested parties, please submit your application with detailed CV. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. The review of applications will continue until post is filled.

Data collected will only be used for job application processing. Your data may be accessed by our appointed recruitment consultants who have agreed to keep confidence of all personal data in not less than the standards applicable to us. Applicants not being invited for interview within 4 weeks from the submission date may assume their applications unsuccessful.

All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards.