Career & Volunteer Opportunities
Working at the BMA
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) offers a range of career opportunities. While some departments and positions require highly specialized education and experience, others seek individuals with more broad-based or skills-related backgrounds.
The BMA is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to building a culturally diverse staff and strongly encourage all qualified professionals to apply.
Staff Accountant
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) seeks a qualified Staff Accountant to play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting month-end and year-end close processes, and ensuring compliance with internal controls and external regulations.
Associate Curator/Curator and Department Head of European Painting and Sculpture
The Baltimore Museum of Art seeks a visionary curator to lead its Department of European Painting and Sculpture using a globally oriented and socio-historically grounded curatorial approach. The successful candidate will be a scholar who is committed to interrogating the formation of European artistic practice within the contexts of colonial expansion, global trade, and sustained exchange with Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.
Director of Conservation
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) seeks an experienced leader and diligent manager to serve as Director of Conservation. This senior role oversees all aspects of the Museum’s conservation program—including treatment, research, outreach, and long-term care for a collection of nearly 100,000 artworks—and positions the BMA as a leader in values-based, people-centered, and sustainability-informed conservation practice.
Internships
The BMA offers internships to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates. These positions provide the opportunity for interns to contribute to various Museum projects and activities while learning how a major institution functions on a day-to-day basis. Interns will be guided by their supervisor who will act as a mentor and teach them about their department’s function within the Museum. The BMA’s Internship Program provides each Intern with a stipend.
Spring Internship Application Deadline: May 4, 2026
For questions, email Internships@artbma.org.
Education: Tours Intern
The BMA’s Education Department is seeking a Summer Intern to support the research & development of teaching materials for tours including touch samples, visual aids, and comparative art works.
Education: Interpretation Intern
The BMA’s Education and Interpretation Department is seeking a Summer Intern to assist with all aspects of museum and gallery interpretation.
Admin: IT Intern
The BMA’s IT Department is seeking a Summer Intern to support the BMA’s ongoing efforts to modernize staff technology and improve internal service delivery.
Library & Archives: Library Intern
The BMA’s Library & Archives Department is seeking a Summer Intern to acquire hands-on skills, practical experience, and well-rounded experience related to core Library functions including reference, circulation and technical services in an art library environment.
Registrar: Art Registration Intern
The BMA’s Registration Department is seeking a Summer Intern to support the creation of new object files for fall 2025 through spring 2026 accessions, back cataloguing new acquisitions, and confirming accuracy of records & TMS data entry for some additional fields.
Valerie J. Maynard Legacy Internship - Curatorial
The Valerie J. Maynard Legacy Internship is a partnership program between the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Valerie J. Maynard Foundation, to honor the legacy and vision of the artist who was a pioneering member of the Black Arts Movement, and a beloved icon of the Baltimore arts community (and beyond).
Valerie J. Maynard Legacy Internship - Public Programs
The Valerie J. Maynard Legacy Internship is a partnership program between the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Valerie J. Maynard Foundation, to honor the legacy and vision of the artist who was a pioneering member of the Black Arts Movement, and a beloved icon of the Baltimore arts community (and beyond).