Volunteer
Volunteers are always needed in the museum’s activities. We will provide orientation and training.
Please consider the following as suggestions only. We prefer to work with you to create a position based on your interests and background. If you would like to do something not listed here, please let us know. For your convenience, you can download our volunteer application form here, fill it out, and drop it by the museum.
Greeters
A greeter welcomes visitors, assists with gift shop purchases (training provided), provides general visitor information, and can answer general exhibit questions. This is a great position for someone who likes a good chit chat and also an opportunity to get some reading done or assist the museum with other miscellaneous projects. Shifts are usually 2-3 hours but we are flexible!
Cleaning
If you are detail-oriented, meticulous, and have an interest in conservation, we have artifacts in our collection to keep you busy. And we always have the basics to keep up on: Vacuuming, dusting, wiping down the glass cabinets, and the occasional wood polishing.
Oral Histories
This is an interesting project for someone who can work independently and transcribe via computer (MS Word). We will provide headphones, a computer station and a style manual. Each tapes subject matter will also be notated in a searchable index. We are also actively looking for interviewer and interviewee candidates. If you know somebody who has lived for a long time on the Sunshine Coast, who might have a few good stories to tell, and most importantly, might want to spend an hour or so telling us some of these stories, please get in touch. If you were already planning to interview a friend or family member in the near future, please consider donating a copy of the transcript or recording to the Museum Archives. Also, please feel welcome to consult us prior to your interview to plan questions and topics. If you would like to learn about techniques for interviewing, how to use digital audio recording technology, or just learn more about oral history in general, call and sign up for the upcoming Oral History Workshop scheduled for this summer.
Research
This includes doing research on individual artifacts or photographs, or researching the development of individual communities along the coast. Research involves consulting local history books, our database, gift forms, newspapers, archives, oral histories and human resources. If doing research interests you, there are several topics that we would like to explore further here at the museum. For example, we would like to know more about the Japanese community that existed on the Sunshine Coast before World War II. We know that there were fishermen, loggers, cannery-workers and farmers, and their families, but we know very little about who they were, where they lived and worked, or what their lives were like. If you would like to volunteer some time towards this research or other topics of interest, please contact us.
Events
Throughout the year the museum hosts or takes part in a variety of events. Depending on which event, we are often looking for people to do baking, staff the gift shop, assist with tours, deliver posters and do prep work/setup/cleanup.
Maintenance/Work Parties
Whether its working on refurbishing boats, building maintenance, or moving display cases an artifacts, from time to time we need assistance in the form of carpentry, painting, or simply a strong back.
Garden
The museum’s entryway is in constant need of upkeep: Weeding, watering, trimming, and occasionally adding new plants.
Please consider the following as suggestions only. We prefer to work with you to create a position based on your interests and background. If you would like to do something not listed here, please let us know. For your convenience, you can download our volunteer application form here, fill it out, and drop it by the museum.
Greeters
A greeter welcomes visitors, assists with gift shop purchases (training provided), provides general visitor information, and can answer general exhibit questions. This is a great position for someone who likes a good chit chat and also an opportunity to get some reading done or assist the museum with other miscellaneous projects. Shifts are usually 2-3 hours but we are flexible!
Cleaning
If you are detail-oriented, meticulous, and have an interest in conservation, we have artifacts in our collection to keep you busy. And we always have the basics to keep up on: Vacuuming, dusting, wiping down the glass cabinets, and the occasional wood polishing.
Oral Histories
This is an interesting project for someone who can work independently and transcribe via computer (MS Word). We will provide headphones, a computer station and a style manual. Each tapes subject matter will also be notated in a searchable index. We are also actively looking for interviewer and interviewee candidates. If you know somebody who has lived for a long time on the Sunshine Coast, who might have a few good stories to tell, and most importantly, might want to spend an hour or so telling us some of these stories, please get in touch. If you were already planning to interview a friend or family member in the near future, please consider donating a copy of the transcript or recording to the Museum Archives. Also, please feel welcome to consult us prior to your interview to plan questions and topics. If you would like to learn about techniques for interviewing, how to use digital audio recording technology, or just learn more about oral history in general, call and sign up for the upcoming Oral History Workshop scheduled for this summer.
Research
This includes doing research on individual artifacts or photographs, or researching the development of individual communities along the coast. Research involves consulting local history books, our database, gift forms, newspapers, archives, oral histories and human resources. If doing research interests you, there are several topics that we would like to explore further here at the museum. For example, we would like to know more about the Japanese community that existed on the Sunshine Coast before World War II. We know that there were fishermen, loggers, cannery-workers and farmers, and their families, but we know very little about who they were, where they lived and worked, or what their lives were like. If you would like to volunteer some time towards this research or other topics of interest, please contact us.
Events
Throughout the year the museum hosts or takes part in a variety of events. Depending on which event, we are often looking for people to do baking, staff the gift shop, assist with tours, deliver posters and do prep work/setup/cleanup.
Maintenance/Work Parties
Whether its working on refurbishing boats, building maintenance, or moving display cases an artifacts, from time to time we need assistance in the form of carpentry, painting, or simply a strong back.
Garden
The museum’s entryway is in constant need of upkeep: Weeding, watering, trimming, and occasionally adding new plants.
