About
Education is at the heart of everything we do at the Barnes.
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.
Museum Facilities Specialist ($23.21/hr)
The Museum Facilities Specialist is responsible under the general supervision of the Facilities Manager for providing a first-class experience to visitors, guests, and employees by maintaining the foundation’s building and grounds with continual care and maintenance.
Vice President of Art and Education and Gund Family Chief Curator
The Vice President of Art and Education and Gund Family Chief Curator is an accomplished scholar, enterprising leader, and collaborative administrator. Reporting to the Neubauer Family Executive Director and President, the Vice President of Art and Education will serve as a key member of the Barnes’s senior leadership team, and, working in close partnership with the Executive Director, provide strategic vision and leadership for the planning, priority-setting, integration, and stewardship of a forward-looking and financially sustainable institution. They will shape the curatorial and educational vision for the institution in alignment with and reflecting the larger strategic goals of the Barnes. They will organize and publish their own curatorial projects while overseeing the curatorial, collections, conservation, registration, exhibitions, and research, interpretation, adult learning, and academic programs departments. Learn more and apply.
Art Director ($80,000–$90,000)
The Art Director is an accomplished designer with vision, initiative, and autonomy who can act as creative partner, internal critic, and sounding board. As a member of the Brand team, the Art Director executes the Barnes Foundation’s brand strategy and ensures consistency across media by managing the design of print and digital materials for marketing, education, and membership. As head of the Design department, the Art Director oversees the work of the Senior Designer and manages the departmental budget.
Guest and Protection Services Senior Specialist, Overnight Museum Security ($21.01/hr)
The Guest and Protection Services Senior Specialist plays a key role in frontline operations by providing the team with constant visual surveillance information and access control. The Senior Specialist provides an exceptional guest and staff experience while ensuring the safety and protection of the art collection, building, and grounds.
Grants Manager ($75,000–$83,000)
The Grants Manager assists in the implementation of a comprehensive institutional fundraising program, securing restricted and unrestricted support from new and returning institutional donors, including foundations, corporate foundations, and government entities. Alongside the Director of Foundation Relations and Government Grants, this position works from an approved set of organizational fundraising priorities, including a wide range of education, exhibition, program, strategic priority, and endowment opportunities.
Guest and Protection Services Senior Specialist, Day Shift ($19.48/hr)
The Guest and Protection Services Senior Specialist plays a key role in frontline operations by providing the team with constant visual surveillance information and access control to help provide an exceptional guest and staff experience, as well as to ensure the safety and protection of the art collection and the foundation’s buildings and grounds. The Senior Specialist provides a best-in-class experience to every person who works in and visits our institution.
Guest and Protection Services Associate ($17.95/hr)
Guest and Protection Services Associates provide a best-in-class experience to every person who visits our institution. As the first line of interaction between the Barnes Foundation and all guests, the Guest and Protection Services (GPS) Associate sets the tone for an exceptional guest experience, making the “customer centered” concept a daily reality in all interactions, decisions, and exchanges with guests. GPS Associates are part of a team that is truly the face of the Barnes and work under the direction of the Director of Guest and Protection Services to ensure a visit to the Barnes is informative, friendly, respectful, and efficient.
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. We are not accepting volunteer applications at this time.
Calder Gardens is currently accepting horticulture volunteer applications. Horticulture volunteers work alongside horticulture staff to help keep the gardens healthy and beautiful. Tasks include weeding, cutting back perennials in the spring, planting, and mulching. Previous gardening experience is helpful but not required. Learn more about eligibility and requirements and fill out the volunteer interest form.
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