Work placements

Placement opportunities for MA IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES

Every year we organise a series of placements for students on our MA Museum Cultures, MA History of Art, MA History of Photography, MA Public History and Heritage, and MA Archaeology and Heritage programmes, 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