Work placements

Placement opportunities for MA Museum Cultures students

Every year we organise a series of placements for our MA Museum Cultures students, in both national and in small, specialist museums. The placements are for two to three days a week over three months and students are supported by a named member of staff in the institution and by their tutor at Birkbeck. 

Previous and current opportunities include:

Collections

• Biggin Hill Memorial Museum
• Jo Spence Archive, Birkbeck
• Kew Gardens
• Paintings in Hospitals
• Swedenborg Society
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Wellcome Collection
• Whitechapel Gallery

Curatorial

• Foundling Museum
• Freud Museum
• Guildhall Art Gallery
• London Transport Museum
• Science Museum

Education and engagement

• Alexandra Palace
• British Museum
• Dulwich Picture Gallery
• Fulham Palace
• Geffrye Museum
• INIVA
• London Metropolitan Archives
• P21 Gallery
• Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Paddington (heritage)
• St Paul's Cathedral
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Westminster Abbey

Photography

• Four Corners Archive
• National Portrait Gallery