Helping to organize special events or Supporting special events.
Clerical tasks (filing, Faxing, organizing), Medical records, or Front desk receptionist.
Volunteers help us collect and pass out items to people in need. They also help out with fundraising events and spreading awareness in the community.
There are event and general volunteering opportunities.
The Archives houses the Museum’s collection of written historical materials, (with a particularly impressive anthology of Abraham Lincoln), records of the Museum’s collections and a broad array of manuscripts regarding the Plymouth community, such as census data, old newspapers, photographs and genealogies of Plymouth families. The Archives attracts researchers of every type.
Items that are donated to the Museum have to be acknowledged and cataloged. The process is called “accessioning.” The accessions staff works on Wednesdays to ensure the Museum’s items are properly accounted for and are entered into the Museum software.
If you have any mechanical skills or knowledge of a trade, the Maintenance crew just might be the place for you. Members of the team care for the building’s physical structure and its mechanical systems, build displays and other attractions, and otherwise are the Museum’s “jacks-of-all-trades.” They work Monday and Wednesday mornings.
Have a flair for design or an artistic streak? Put it to use; join the Exhibits group and help conceive and erect special displays and exhibits. This team of creative persons continuously garners high praise from the public for its outstanding work. It meets Wednesdays during the year, but every day during exhibit change-over.
The Museum sends the Museum Memo, a quarterly newsletter (4 times a year) to its members, other museums and professional organizations. The Museum invites anyone with writing ability and editorial expertise to help it prepare the newsletter for publication and mailing.
Former teachers, aspiring teachers and others combine to design and present programs for elementary and middle school students using the Museum’s exhibits and artifacts to present American history in an entertaining and engaging way. The Museum’s educational activities attract schools from throughout the metropolitan area. But, don’t let the term “teacher” scare you; anyone interested…