Please note: The start dates of these internships are flexible based on the availability of the candidate and the requirements of the department.
Exhibitions Department Internship Programme 1
Period of Internship: 3 Months
About This Internship
To create world-class exhibitions in line with Qatar Museums’ broader mission and Qatar's National Vision for 2030 in Qatar and abroad, the Exhibitions Department seeks to educate, engage, and inspire our local and international audience, and develop exhibitions following a strategy to promote a diverse range of topics promoting cultural and national achievements from past, present and future.
The internship programme aims at the following:
- Developing skills to create accessible and visitor-centric design focusing on educating, engaging, inspiring, and effectively communicating the key exhibition messages to visitors;
- Building the soft skills needed to collaborate with curators, artists, and other QM departments and stakeholders;
- Developing the design concept and visual narrative for temporary QM exhibitions;
- Delivering a holistic design and building a package that includes design, construction drawings (BOQ + SOW), and visual identity;
- Building an understanding of exhibition maintenance site supervision such as: construction and installation, lighting design, managing build, and ensuring quality control and all health, fire and artwork safety measures and standards are met.
The interns will be exposed to the tasks that are required to design and execute exhibitions that will help them establish what their interests are after graduating if they would like to continue to develop in the museums field.
The interns will also be mentored one on one with a dedicated mentor.
Specialist area: Interior Designing
Qualification Required: Bachelor’s Degree
Skills Required:
- Research exhibition development
- Exhibition implementation
- Effective communication
- Learning agility
- Accountability and ownership
- Decision making
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Language: English, Arabic preferred
The intern will be engaged in the following:
- Developing exhibition design and identity for our upcoming exhibitions;
- Work on construction and site supervision of the upcoming Tasweer Photography Festival.