Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums
Cambridge, Mass., USA

Curatorial Internship, 2003-2005

The Busch-Reisinger Museum invites applications for the 22-month
Michalke Curatorial Internship, to begin in September 2003.
Applicants must hold citizenship in an EU or other European country,
and have a demonstrated interest in the art of German-speaking
Europe, the primary focus of the Busch-Reisinger Museum. Candidates
should possess at least an MA in art history or related discipline,
as well as good English language abilities.

The Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University is devoted to
promoting the critical understanding and informed enjoyment of the
arts of the German-speaking countries and related cultures of
Northern and Central Europe. Founded in 1903, it is the only such
institution in the Western hemisphere. The Museum's greatest
strengths lie in German modernism from 1880 to the present, with
outstanding holdings of German expressionism, Vienna Secession art,
and 1920s constructivism and Bauhaus works. The Museum also has
important collections of late medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque
sculpture, sixteenth-century painting, eighteenth-century porcelain,
and art since 1945, which has been a particular focus for
acquisitions in recent years. Since 1991, the Museum has been housed
primarily in Werner Otto Hall, designed by the distinguished New York
architectural firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates and containing
galleries for the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions, a
public study room, and curatorial offices.

The Harvard University Art Museums, of which the Busch-Reisinger
Museum forms an integral part, house collections of Western, Asian,
Islamic and Ancient art that rank with the best in the world. With
the Straus Center for Conservation, they are a major center for
teaching and research. The Michalke Curatorial Intern will work with
both Peter Nisbet (Daimler-Benz Curator of the Busch-Reisinger
Museum) and Laura Muir (Charles C. Cunningham Sr. Assistant Curator
of the Busch-Reisinger Museum), share fully in the range of
curatorial activities, attend a weekly seminar with other curatorial
and conservation interns on museum issues, and undertake an
independent collections-related project. The stipend is $2,200 per
month, plus health and other benefits. More information on the
Busch-Reisinger Museum and the internship programme of the Harvard
University Art Museums may be found at www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Please send letter of application, c.v., transcript, writing sample
and 3 letters of recommendation by 14 March 2003 to: Director of
Human Resources, Harvard University Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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