Interpretive Media: Interpretation Evaluation Intern

SCHEDULE: Full Time, 35 hours/week, June 16 - August 15, 2025, approximately 3 days working onsite

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

Interpretive Media (IM) at SFMOMA is an award-winning, in-house educational media department focused on the creation of educational audio/video assets and interactive experiences for in-museum and online use. IM puts artist and community voices at the center of compelling stories designed to make modern and contemporary art more meaningful, relevant, and accessible to a broad and diverse public.  

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Under the mentorship of the Director of Interpretive Media and the Chief Education and Community Engagement Officer, the Interpretation Evaluation Intern will conduct qualitative and quantitative research to determine audience response and impact of the museum’s Gallery Interpretation program. 

PROJECT PLAN

Over the 9-week program the Interpretation Evaluation Intern will evaluate and report on SFMOMA’s Gallery Interpretation program, including Interpretive Galleries, audio guides, in-gallery didactics, artist videos and ephemera displays. Work will include:

· Develop tools for evaluation of visitor outcomes and Interpretive Impacts

· Interview internal stakeholders regarding Interpretive Planning

· Conduct visitor studies through observation

· Conduct and transcribe visitor interviews

· Tally and code visitor response cards

· Quantify data of onsite engagement

· Prepare reports on the above data

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

· Understand gallery interpretation within a museum’s content ecosystem, and its role in arriving at visitor outcomes and audience experience goals.

· Develop hands on experience with quantitative and qualitative evaluation tools such as observation rubrics, surveys and data analysis.

· This internship would be great for a diverse range of students including a museum studies student, a sociologist or someone studying statistics.

ADDITIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMING

The Summer 2025 Internship will offer 9 weeks of hands-on experience and mentorship along with weekly presentations and discussions with various departments in the museum, off-site educational visits within the Bay Area community, and access to various tours and events within the museum.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

· Applicants must be currently enrolled in school or a recent graduate. The SFMOMA recognizes a graduation date within 6 months of the internship start date as a recent graduate.

**Current SFMOMA employees are not eligible to apply for the Summer 2025 internship.**