Paid Internship Opportunity

SAFIM 2023 3-month Graduate Internship at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The South African Friends of the Israel Museum (SAFIM) is pleased to announce our 2023, fully sponsored, Internship Programme at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. The Israel Museum is one of the largest multicultural institutions in the world.
The opportunity is available to 2 suitable candidates.

Internship Description

Title: SAFIM Intern
Host museum: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Duration: 3 months, April to July 2023
Hours: Full-time
Costs: Fully-sponsored and all-expenses paid, including a monthly stipend

Purpose of the Internship

SAFIM’s Annual Internship programme was launched in 2017, and has sent 6 Southern African graduates to the Israel Museum since.

The Programme aims to encourage professional experiences related to museum work, giving graduates an opportunity to gain experience in the museum space and form a significant foundation on which they are able to build a career.

Our past interns have returned to South Africa to find permanent employment in the industry at the likes of Zeitz MOCAA, Norval Foundation and the City of Cape Town.

Requirements and scope of internship

Candidates applying for the internship should have recently graduated with an Honours level degree in Curatorship, Art History or Fine Art.
The selected individuals will need to be comfortable with international travel and have a valid passport.

SAFIM Interns work with the Museum’s team of experts to complete a range of tasks within a number of departments, all relating to curatorship and museology. This includes:

• Collections management
• Digitisation
• Online collections
• Research and cataloguing
• Exhibition planning and installation
• Client liaison
• Proposal writing
• Museum Co-Ordination
• Museum education programmes

About the Israel Museum

Situated in one of the oldest cities in the world, the Israel Museum is one of the largest cultural institutions in the world! The Museum encompasses 4 wings, 24 curatorial departments, six restoration laboratories, a shipping department and an image resources department all housing art holdings from around the world, spanning from prehistory to the contemporary art world. In just over 50 years the Israel Museum has: built a far-ranging collection of nearly 500,000 objects, is ranked among the world’s leading art and archaeology museums, and has close to 1 million visitors a year. The Billy Rose Art Garden is counted among the finest outdoor sculpture settings of the 20th century, and on view are works by modern masters including Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso and Auguste Rodin.

With an important emphasis on cross-culturalism, including special programs fostering intercultural understanding between all religions, you will be exposed to a unique, diverse and multi-cultural offering. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity.