| Volunteer News & Needs |
Contact Jennifer Golden for more information about volunteering. 850-575-8684 extension 115 or email
Download Volunteer Application |
| Current Volunteer Openings |
The Museum needs your help. You will make a big difference by helping in one or more of the following positions:
| Position |
Skills/Tasks |
| Administration office aide |
Primarily filing for the Museum's executive director. Weekdays only. |
| Position |
Skills/Tasks |
| Education office assistant |
Filing, prepare mail packets, data entry, check in and inventory traveling trunks. Weekdays only. |
| Position |
Skills/Tasks |
| Living History Docent |
Educate visitors about the historic buildings and life in different time periods. Historic buildings are: Big Bend Farm, B.O. Wood Commissary, Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, Bellevue Plantation House, Concord School House, and Seaboard Coast Line Caboose. Especially need help during weekends, Saturdays, 10am-4pm and Sundays, 1-4pm. Could also use docents on weekdays when groups are scheduled. |
| Position |
Skills/Tasks |
| Discovery Table Volunteers |
Using hands-on objects, activities, puzzles, etc., help visitors to learn about different topics. The Discovery Tables may be located in locations, both indoor and outdoor. Especially need help during weekends, Saturdays, 10am-4pm and Sundays, 1-4pm. |
| Position |
Skills/Tasks |
| Animal Habitat Docent (Habitat Talker) |
Using Hands-on items, talk with visitors about the animals in the Wildlife Florida exhibits. Saturday and Sunday are high visitation times but can use docents on weekdays, too. |
| Position |
Skills/Tasks |
| Animal Encounter Presenters |
Needed to perform Animal Encounters on weekdays. This is open to adult volunteers who are trained to handle animals. Needed Monday-Fridays, 11:30 am and 1:30 pm, Saturdays at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm, and on Sundays, 1:30 & 3:30 pm. Training occurs in Aug/Sept, Jan. and May/June. |
| Position |
Skills/Tasks |
| Tour Guides |
Learn to provide walking tours of the different exhibit areas at the Tallahassee Museum. Areas include: Wildlife Florida, Old Florida, and the Big Bend Farm. Saturday-Friday anytime between 10:00-4:00, Sunday anytime between 1:00-4:30. |
| Position |
Skills/Tasks |
| Fall Farm Day Volunteer - Needed Nov 5th, 2011 |
To help with this wonderful cultural event. The Big Bend Farm will be busy with syrup making, cooking in the kitchen and demonstrations happening throughout the day. The education program coordinator needs your help to make this event a success. |
| Position |
Skills/Tasks |
| Gardener, Hummingbird & Butterfly Gardens |
Help maintain these areas as living exhibits. Duties include planting, weeding, mulching and pruning. Mondays-Saturdays anytime between 9:30 – 4:30 (Earlier times available during hot months). |
| Position |
Skills/Tasks |
| Saturday Matinee of the Arts Volunteers - Feb. 12, 2012 |
Work under the guidance of the education program coordinator to implement plans for this special event which is scheduled for Saturday, February 12, 2012. |
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| Upcoming New Volunteer Orientation/Information Meetings at the Museum |
Saturday, October 1 at 10 am
Saturday, November 5 at 3 pm
Saturday, December 10 at 10 am
For more information about these opportunities or to volunteer, contact the Museum's Volunteer Coordinator, Jennifer Golden, at 850-575-8684 x115 or email. |
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