Volunteers

Volunteers contribute actively to our organization and assist in all phases of operation. Help when you can or participate on an ongoing basis. 

  • Assist at exhibition openings
  • Serve as event host and coordinator for Green Market Dinners
  • Distribute publicity materials
  • Join our Green Team and helpmintain our beautiful historic site and period gardens
  • Assist with mailings for fundraisers, meetings and special events
  • Post events and programs on monthly online calendars

If you would like to volunteer, please contact Marilyn Myers by email or call 203-869-6899, Ext. 14. Kindly indicate department or type of project that interests you.

Junior Volunteers and Internships

We participate in High School spring internship programs for graduating seniors and offer internships for college students throughout the year. Responsibilities vary but may entail providing administrative support, doing research, assisting with archives and exhibition projects, and supporting marketing and communications efforts.

All volunteers please contact Volunteer Coordinator Marilyn Myers or call 203-869-6899, ext. 14. In your inquiry, please note department or type of project you are interested in.

Volunteer Openings

Title: Collection Processing Specialist

Position Overview:

Assists the archivist in bringing donated/purchased collections of historical material under intellectual and physical control. Provides collections with order, arrangement and description necessary for use by Historical Society staff, members and outside researchers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Preparation of collection inventories and box/folder lists
  • Description of material condition issues
  • Arrangement and physical housing of collections in appropriate enclosures
  • Preparation of Finding Aids (provides details on collection content and broader context for understanding of collection materials) for use by GHS staff and outside researchers.

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Title: Social Media Developer

Position Overview:

Creates and maintains Facebook for Greenwich Historical Society

Key Responsibilities:

  • Designs look and feel for Facebook page(s). Works with Marketing Director, Development Director and Archivist to come up with themes for periodic wall posts about programs, exhibitions, fundraising initiatives and history of Greenwich factoids, photos, and links to related sites, website, preservation news and video.
  • Monitors posts and respond to community comments and questions
  • Promotes the Fan Page, drive traffic to the website, offline marketing materials 

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Title: Hamilton Avenue School Partnership Liaison

Position Overview:

Works closely with the Director of Education and the teachers and principals of Hamilton Avenue School to oversee and implement the Hamilton Avenue/Greenwich Historical Society School Partnership.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Meets with all teachers and Principal in September to plan the year
  • Schedules all extra meetings, including site visit for 3rd graders and the Junior Docent training
  • Prepares the program for the student art exhibition.

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Title: Collection Preservation and Grant Researcher

Position Overview: To seek possible collection care grants, both governmental and private foundations, and help in the drafting of grant requests.

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Interview Executive Director, Development Officer and Curator to learn what collection care grants GHS has been awarded and what grants are available for GHS based on annual budget.
  • Research online possibilities. Obtain copies of grant applications.
  • Outline dates due and maximum amounts of awards. Work with Executive Director, Development Officer and Curator to fill out and file application

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Title: Off-Site Exhibits Curator

Position Overview

Adapts the components of Historical Society research for off-site exhibits at libraries, town hall, and schools. Projects may include exhibitions such as Everyday Heroes and Voices from the Civil War; preservation projects, such as the Greenwich Landmarks Registry; or future Neighborhood history projects

 Key Responsibilities:

  • Plans and designs off-site exhibit, including reproducing images and writing brief label copy
  • Coordinates installation with off-site location and de-installs exhibit at conclusion of run Coordinates publicity with Historical Society marketing manager

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Volunteers Needed for Harvest Supper Sunday, October 14

If eating local and sustainable is your thing, and you like to entertain, this is a fun way to get involved, to support the Historical Society and to continue the tradition of bountiful and convivial feasts at Bush-Holley House! Assist with planning, set-up, décor, hospitality, research or securing donations. If you're interested in getting involved, click here and let us know how you would like to help, or call Michele Couture at 203-869-6899, Ext. 20. High school volunteers looking for community service hours welcome.

Museum Educators Needed

We have openings for museum educators to lead tours and assist with workshops for elementary-school-aged children at the Bush-Holley House, the Storehouse Gallery and the Vanderbilt Education Center. Training provided, but you must be available to give (on the average) one four-hour weekday each week during the school program season.

Potential museum educators please call 203-869-6899, Ext. 16.