Author: Jessica Wong Camhi

Guides for Gallery Hangouts [Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA]

Guides for Gallery Hangouts [Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA]

Guides for Gallery Hangouts Description: Peabody Essex Museum Guides for Gallery Hangouts are volunteer docents who host drop-in programs throughout the museum, with a special focus on family groups made up of multiple generations. Gallery hangouts are “pop-up” programs offered for up to two hours 

“Castle of Nightmares” Volunteer [Hammond Castle Museum, Gloucester, MA]

“Castle of Nightmares” Volunteer [Hammond Castle Museum, Gloucester, MA]

Volunteers Needed Description: The “Castle of Nightmares”, a unique haunted tours event at Hammond Castle Museum, is looking for volunteers! Have you always wanted to haunt a real castle? We’ll be happy to help you obtain community service credit for your participation, which supports the 

Interpreting Hidden Black Lives: A Conversation with Actress Tammy Denease

Interpreting Hidden Black Lives: A Conversation with Actress Tammy Denease

On Thursday, October 1, the Royall House & Slave Quarters is having an event at Tufts featuring a living history interpreter. Actress Tammy Denease will be performing a narrative inspired by the life of Belinda Sutton, a woman enslaved by the Royall family who later successfully petitioned the state for a pension after being freed.

Stop by the Crane Room on Tufts’s Medford campus from 6:00-7:00 to listen this important part of history.

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This event is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Tufts University & The Royall House and Slave Quarters Museum, Medford MA

Weekly Jobs Roundup!

Weekly Jobs Roundup!

Here’s our weekly roundup of new jobs. As always, they go up immediately on their own page. Happy hunting! Interim Public Programs Manager [Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT] Digital Interpretive Specialist [The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY] Hawthorne House/Hooper Hathaway House Docent Volunteer [The 

Hawthorne House/Hooper Hathaway House Docent Volunteer [The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA]

Hawthorne House/Hooper Hathaway House Docent Volunteer [The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA]

Hawthorne House/Hooper Hathaway House Docent Volunteer The House of the Seven Gables Salem, MA As a key member of the Visitor Service Team, Nathaniel Hawthorne House/Hooper Hathaway Docent and Exhibit monitors interact with guests while answering questions and monitoring guest behavior in the self-guided areas 

Muesum Store Volunteer [The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA]

Muesum Store Volunteer [The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA]

Muesum Store Volunteer

The House of the Seven Gables Salem, MA

The Museum Store Volunteer works to ensure the highest level of museum experience in the Museum Store. The volunteer must provide excellent customer service and greet and engage visitors in conversation for the purpose of sharing information about the museum, store merchandise, programs and exhibits. Please contact Melissa Reynolds, Human Resource Manager, at mreynolds@7gables.org or 978-744-0991 ext. 111. Applicants, as well as position incumbents, who become disabled as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act must be able to perform the essential job functions (as listed) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by management on a case by case basis. “The House of the Seven Gables is committed to the principle of equal employment/volunteer opportunity.” Posted on: 09/14/2015