Mellon - Curatorial Fellowship

Organization: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon 3-year Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowships were established in 1995 to fulfill three principal goals: to increase the flow of excellent art historians into the museum profession; to provide exemplary training opportunities for Fellows at museums with major collections and demonstrated strength in both curatorial and conservation areas; to provide additional support for scholarly activities relating to a museum's permanent collections, as well as special projects (including special exhibitions) and other curatorial activities. The purpose of the Fellowship is to introduce recent Ph.D.s in art history to the opportunities and challenges of curatorship as a professional career. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellows work closely with curators, conservators, scientists, and other museum staff; receive hands-on training with objects and collections; conduct scholarly research intended to lead to publication on museum collections and other curatorial projects; and participate in a wide range of curatorial responsibilities (collection cataloguing, installations, exhibitions, acquisitions, gallery tours, etc.)