Connect with art, science, or natural history—and your community
Expand your horizons, meet interesting people, and surround yourself with some of civilization’s greatest achievements. Whether you work with the public or behind the scenes, volunteering or interning with one of the four Carnegie Museums offers the opportunity to share your passion, gain work experience in a creative environment, support the community, explore your potential, learn something new, and make new friends.
Find your niche as a volunteer
At Carnegie Museums, we celebrate curiosity, discovery, and experiential engagement! Our diverse volunteer community welcomes people of all ages, abilities, educations levels, and employment backgrounds. Opportunities exist for everyone, including teens, students, and adults. Volunteers work on the museum floors with the public and behind-the-scenes with curators, educators, scientists, and other museum staff. Teens also assist with museum summer camps, special projects, and youth programming.
Intern with us to gain hands-on experience
Limited internships and other experiential learning opportunities are available at all four museums. Some intern positions may require at least one year of college or university to be completed and a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher. Internships are posted throughout the year as opportunities become available. To view the current list of openings, please visit our rolling list of available internships. Use our reference guide when submitting your application.
To apply for an internship, send a letter of intent, a resume, and a letter of reference to: volunteers@carnegiemuseums.org. Include the position title in your subject heading.
Just For Teens
Teen Volunteer Opportunities
Are you a teen who loves Carnegie Museums? Are you looking for a fun and exciting way to spend your summer and gain valuable experience? Apply to become a teen volunteer assistant with our museum summer camps! As a summer camps teen volunteer, you will help museum staff and camp educators with a variety of educational activities to ensure campers have a fun, safe, engaging experience.
- Carnegie Museum of Art Summer Camps: Teen applicants must be 16+. Click here to apply.
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History Summer Camps: Teen applicants must be 14+. Click here to apply.
- Powdermill Nature Reserve Summer Camps: Teen applicants must be age 14-19. Click here to apply.
Please Note: Volunteer placement is determined by a combination of staffing needs, experience, and availability.
CMOA Youth Art Initiative
Carnegie Museum of Art’s Youth Art Initiative (YAI) is a student-driven high school internship focused on creating museum experiences for Pittsburgh-area teens. Applications open soon! Visit the Youth Creativity page for more information about YAI and other teen programming at CMOA.
CMNH Teen Advisory Board
Interested in helping to shape teen programming at Carnegie Museum of Natural History? Apply to join our teen volunteer advisory board! Teen advisory volunteers will assist museum staff in designing events that fit the needs and desires of CMNH’s teen community and guests. Applications are now open! If interested, please fill out this interest form.
AWM Youth Art Council & Teen Events
Youth Arts Council (YAC) is a yearlong leadership program that invites a small team of high school students from across Pittsburgh to go behind the scenes, collaborate with museum staff and artists, create art, and develop public programs and events for other teens. Youth Arts Council participants receive stipends, gain professional experience working in a museum, and learn new skills and techniques. Click here to learn more about YAC and explore other teen programs at The Warhol.
Other Programming Just For Teens
Did you know we offer special ways for teens to discover, engage, tour, explore, and more?
Learn more about our Free Teen Membership and programming.
Carnegie Museum of Art
Volunteer opportunities
Volunteers are found behind-the-scenes, doing research, record-keeping, and general office work. Opportunities also exist in curatorial departments and education, to assist with special projects.
Teen Volunteers
Teens age 16+ may help with a variety of educational activities including summer camps.
If you are interested in volunteer or experiential learning opportunities with Carnegie Museum of Art, apply here.Specific positions are listed on the application. To explore internship opportunities, please visit our Careers page to browse for available openings.
Questions? Contact us at: volunteers@carnegiemuseums.org or 412.353.4680.
Arts Ed Collaborative
Who We Are
Since 1998, Arts Ed Collaborative (AEC) has collaborated with educators to unlock the transformative power of the arts. We envision a diverse network of educators in Southwestern Pennsylvania that immerses young people—regardless of appearance, ability, income, or ZIP Code—in powerful, personally relevant arts learning that transforms their sense of self, ability to share thoughts and feelings, and capacity to shape communities. We do this by facilitating professional learning, evaluating programs, advocating for arts ed, and connecting educators to resources in the field.
AEC is an independent project of Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA), one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (CMP). AEC operates as an independent project of CMOA under its own distinct mission. AEC is operationally distinct from CMOA, employing dedicated staff and operating a separate organizational budget. AEC fundraises independently from other CMP fundraising efforts and, while accessing some institutional resources at CMP, has developed an independent sustainability plan. Work at AEC is guided by an advisory committee that remains separate from CMOA and CMP.
Intern With Us!
Arts Ed Collaborative offers several professional learning opportunities throughout the year to support our work and diverse educator community. We appreciate your interest in exploring our organization’s internship openings. Click here to apply, or join our waiting list to be notified about future experiential opportunities with Arts Ed Collaborative. To read more about other available museum internships, please visit the rolling list of open positions.
Questions? Contact us at: volunteers@carnegiemuseums.org or 412.353.4680.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Volunteer opportunities
Volunteers conduct data entry for researchers, work behind-the-scenes in offices, conduct marketing and exhibition surveys, and help with various projects and programs.
Teen Volunteers
Teens age 14+ may help with a variety of educational activities including summer camps.
If you are interested in volunteer or experiential learning opportunities with Carnegie Museum of Natural History, apply here.Specific positions are listed on the application. To explore internship opportunities, please visit our Careers page to browse for available openings.
Volunteering at Powdermill Nature Reserve
Volunteers play a major part at Powdermill Nature Reserve, the museum’s environmental research center in the Laurel Highlands. Volunteers help with mailings, data management, summer children’s programs, trail grooming, and cleanup days. Volunteers also assist in a variety of ways at our bird banding station.
If you are interested in volunteer or experiential learning opportunities with Powdermill Nature Reserve & Avian Research Center, apply here. Specific positions are listed on the application.
Questions? Contact us at: volunteers@carnegiemuseums.org or 412.353.4680.
Carnegie Science Center
Adult Volunteers
No science expertise necessary—just a sense of fun and a willingness to learn! All positions focus on creating an extraordinary visitor experience. Our volunteer team includes diverse people of all ages, abilities, educational levels, and employment backgrounds. If you are interested in volunteer opportunities with Carnegie Science Center, click here to learn more and apply.
Teen Volunteers
If you’re between the ages of 14-18, check out the requirements for these hands-on resume-boosting experiences!
Internships
Carnegie Science Center seeks highly motivated college students with a passion for learning. If you’d like an opportunity to be creative, apply classroom studies in a practical application, and to develop personally and professionally, don’t miss our list of opportunities and deadlines.
Questions? Contact us.
The Andy Warhol Museum
Volunteer opportunities
Volunteers work in The Factory helping visitors of all ages make art inspired by Andy Warhol, assist in the museum’s world-famous archives, or provide office and curatorial support. Volunteer opportunities also exist in the registrars and rights/reproduction offices.
If you are interested in volunteer or experiential learning opportunities with The Andy Warhol Museum, apply here.Specific positions are listed on the application. To explore internship opportunities, please visit our Careers page to browse for available openings.
Questions? Contact us at: volunteers@carnegiemuseums.org or 412.353.4680.
The Pop District
The Pop District is a major new cultural and economic development project, spearheaded by the Andy Warhol Museum, that intends to transform a six-block section of the museum’s neighborhood on Pittsburgh’s North Shore into a thriving hub for expansive cultural programming, creative workforce development, and ultimately a new and enhanced cultural tourism destination. The project aims to use the power of public art, digital media production, and live music to create a museum-led destination in the city where Andy Warhol was born. Visit our main website to learn more about the Andy Warhol Museum’s Pop District initiative.
Be a Pop District Mentor
Are you a specialist in your field looking to share your skills, knowledge, or expertise? Apply to become a mentor through The Pop District. As a Pop District Mentor, you will offer personalized guidance, support, and insight to the participants of Carnegie Institute and The Warhol Academy’s programs, helping to accelerate participants’ professional growth and career impact. From artists and entrepreneurs to nonprofit and public sector employees, participants of our programs come from a variety of backgrounds. Sharing invaluable knowledge and expertise, Pop District Mentors will also refer participants to resources and connections and help participants navigate challenges to propel them in their professional pursuits. While our programs and fellowships provide technical training and experience in areas such as digital marketing, social media content creation and documentary production, Pop District Mentors serve to offer personalized guidance and insight to accelerate participants’ individual growth and enhance their impact in their careers and beyond..
Click here to learn more about our Pop District Mentorship Program. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer Pop District mentor, please submit an application.
