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Volunteers Needed!
email ethanallenhomestead@gmail.com if interested in applying
Sunday April 14, 2024 2:00-3:30pm, New Volunteer Orientation
Saturday April 20, 2024 1:30-4:00pm, All Volunteer Training & Pizza Social

Tour guides: Lead tours of the Homestead Grounds & historic Allen House. Training provided. Must commit to a once-weekly shift of either 9:45am-1:15pm or 12:45pm-4:15pm. Open 7 days a week, May 1st-October 31st. Minimum of 1 month commitment required, but 6 months preferred.

Greeters: Greet guests as they enter the museum & sell admission tickets. Training provided. Must commit to a once-weekly shift of either 9:45am-1:15pm or 12:45pm-4:15pm. Open 7 days a week, May 1st-October 31st. Minimum of 1 month commitment required, but 6 months preferred.

Archaeology Team: Help bag, label, & inventory archaeological artifacts in the museum collection in preparation to move them to appropriate storage facilities & future research & exhibition. Training provided. Must be available on the 2nd & 4th Saturdays of each month, 10am-12pm.

Educators: Lead educational field trips for PreK-12th grade students. Training provided. Schedule is based on bookings, but availability 9am-2pm M-F in May, June, September, and October preferred.

Historical Research: Looking to create short vignettes of people associated with the Homestead in the 1770s to be used in an upcoming exhibit and educational program. Looking for people with research experience & initiative.

Digitization: Scan photographic slides of the 1980s restoration of the historic Allen House in preparation for a new research report on the history of the house. Schedule is flexible and will be coordinated with the project’s lead volunteer.

Upcoming events:

March 17, 2:00-3:15pm: Monthly Lecture, free to all. Location: Zoom. “Our Songs Remember” by Joseph & Jesse Bruhac. Registration is limited. Click here to register. This will be recorded & later published to our YouTube channel.

April 14, 2:00-3:30pm: New Volunteer Orientation

April 20, 1:30-4:00pm: All Volunteer Training & Pizza Social

May 1, 10:00am-4:00pm: Opening Day for general admission!

May 5, 3:00-4:00pm: Homestead Book Club, free to all. Location: Tavern, in the Museum. Book to be discussed: The Fort: A Novel of the Revolutionary War by Bernard Cromwell. Click here to register your attendance.