About

Employment

At the Barnes, we are a mission-driven team working to offer art education, interpretation, and enjoyment to many audiences. Our diverse and passionate staff, volunteers, and interns collaborate with colleagues, visitors, and community partners who are united by a love of learning, discourse, and the arts.

The Barnes offers full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions in an inclusive and creative environment. Along with competitive pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; retirement plans with a generous employer match and immediate vesting; and flexible spending plans that can lower the cost of child care, public transit, and parking. Staff enjoy discounts on dining and shopping at the Barnes and may enroll in adult education courses at no cost.

The Barnes is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. The Barnes is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact our HR department.

The Barnes is committed to being a safe, equitable, and inclusive workplace. Candidates for open positions can contact our HR department to review policies that keep our staff safe and our workplace positive and productive, including our anti-harassment, anti-discrimination, and anti-retaliation policies and our anonymous reporting system, EthicsPoint.

The Barnes values ongoing learning and offers a broad and supportive training program that helps our staff meet everyday challenges of the workplace and grow professionally. Opportunities for staff include employee-led committees—Core Values, Employee Appreciation, Wellness, Safety, Sustainability, and Learning Culture—and the Barnes Pathways Program, which supports internal promotion, career advancement, and networking for our frontline staff.

Internships

We offer summer internships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as recent college graduates. Interns work with experts in their fields, gain valuable job experience, and engage in meaningful work that supports our educational mission. 

The application deadline for summer 2026 internships has passed. The application for summer 2027 internships will open in fall 2026.

All Barnes internships are paid. Undergraduate students receive $15 per hour. Graduate students receive $18 per hour.

The summer internship program runs from the first week of June through the second week of August. Interns work two or three days per week and are required to work on Fridays, when all interns participate in enrichment activities.

The Barnes is committed to increasing the diversity of our internship cohort. We encourage applications from groups currently and historically underrepresented in museum staff, including students who identify as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or two or more races, LBGTQIA+, individuals with disabilities, and/or those who are first-generation college students.

Volunteering

Volunteering at the Barnes provides unique access to our collections, programs, and staff, as well as opportunities to work with other art and horticulture enthusiasts.

Join our team as a Garden Walk docent.
We are looking for volunteers at Calder Gardens to lead visitors through in-depth explorations of our Piet Oudolf–designed landscape, guiding them through the gardens’ design, intentionality, and interplay with the art and architecture. Volunteers work directly with Calder Gardens visitors, offering a variety of support before, during, and after each walk. Apply here.