Curatorial Intern, Design and Architecture | M+ Museum — Hong Kong SAR, China

M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Located in Hong Kong’s WestK, we are one of the leading museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world. The museum reflects our unique time and place, building on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and the international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.

The M+ Internship Programme is a unique opportunity for those who are interested in developing a career in the museum field. You will work closely with the M+ team full time for a period of one year, gaining both practical and theoretical training. This intake will take place from August 2025 to August 2026.

The Curatorial Internship offers hands-on curatorial and exhibition-making experience. Working with one of our curators as their mentor, they will assist the curatorial department on upcoming M+ exhibitions and public programmes centred around Design and Architecture.

You will be able to

learn about M+, its collection and programmes;
undertake research on topics that will contribute to the development of the museum and upcoming programmes;
gain practical and theoretical training through an active involvement in our on-going projects; and
participate and assist in the organisation of M+ exhibitions, internal workshops, and other public programmes; and
gain exposure and a unique insight into the working of international project for M+.

You need to:

possess a recognised university degree or equivalent qualification in art, curatorial studies, design history, architecture, film studies, art education, cultural studies, museum studies, or related subjects in humanities;
have strong interest in working in the museum field;
have strong organisational skills and detail-oriented;
have strong teamwork and interpersonal skills;
possess some relevant working experience is preferred but not required; and
have a good command of spoken and written English and Chinese (Cantonese / Mandarin).

Please submit your application on or before 25 May 2025 via online application.

For interested parties, please submit your application with detailed CV on or before following date. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. The review of applications will continue until post is filled.

29-05-2025

Data collected will only be used for job application processing. Your data may be accessed by our appointed recruitment consultants who have agreed to keep confidence of all personal data in not less than the standards applicable to us. Applicants not being invited for interview within 4 weeks from the submission date may assume their applications unsuccessful.

All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards.

For more information, please visit https://www.westk.hk or contact:

Shelia Ng /+852 22000212

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