VOLUNTEER
What They Do
If you love history and enjoy talking to people this is the opportunity for you!
The museum guide is the ambassador of the museum greeting visitors and making them feel welcome, sharing the history of the canal, giving tours of the museum and answering questions. We will train you on the history and tour process.
New volunteer guides are always scheduled with a more seasoned volunteer so the learning is ongoing. Museum guides are asked to volunteer a minimum of 4.5 hours/month through the April to the end of October season. The hours would be 12:45-5:15.
For the 2023 season we are looking for Sunday volunteers.
A variation on the museum guide is the school field trip or bus tour guide. This is a well-orchestrated process working with 2 or 3 other docents and splitting the group into rotations. This is normally about a 2.5 hour commitment.
What They Do
The Lock House Museum hosts several events each year and without the help of volunteers, these couldn't take happen at all.
This volunteer opportunity ranges from setting up events to taking tickets, to staffing a museum booth to cleaning up. Our event volunteers are ambassadors of the museum and must enjoy working with the public, and working as a team.
Our two annual events are; Craft Beer & Wine Fest (April), and the Candlelight Tour (December), and other things as they pop up.
Volunteers can sign up for any and all events they are interested in and provide much-needed help.
What They Do
If you love old buildings or outdoor projects this is the place for you! And the list of to-do's never gets smaller.
The museum needs skilled help to maintain the building and grounds ranging from carpentry, to painting, to fence mending, to moving furniture.
This volunteer opportunity works at his or her own pace and timetable and could involve lifting and bending, climbing ladders, using power equipment.
What They Do
This is a general description for the volunteer who has a special skill or a special interest in museum collections, social media, advertising, graphic design, research, photography, or flower arranging.
It could be an interest in being on a museum committee or a member of the museum board. Please tell us what special skill you want to bring to the museum.
What They Do
Though traditionally women, men are welcome too!
These Lock House Boutique elves work all year long creating hand-made, hand-crafted, or home-baked goods to donate, help set up the boutique, or work the two-day event held the second weekend in December.
Another aspect of our Boutique is the Holiday Greens where a team works the Thursday before the Boutique creating evergreen centerpieces which are sold at the Boutique. This is a 4 hour committment.
Volunteer interest in this will be forwarded to the event coordinator.