Harbor History Museum
Cause Area
Location
4121 HARBORVIEW DR GIG HARBOR, WA 98332
United States
Active Opportunities (3)
Flexible Schedule
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Gig Harbor, WA 98332
Gallery Interpreters provide the human connection between the visitor and the artifacts, text panels, photographs, and hands-on interactives. Through these interactions, volunteers will connect the tangible to the intangible by bringing to life the history of how people and places have interreacted here for hundreds of years. Requirements: * Have knowledge of, or be open to learning, the history of the area, attend content trainings and supplement knowledge through different educational sources and research, such as: online, on-site records available in the resource room, and proper literature. * During training, Gallery Interpreters will learn stories about individual settlers to share with visitors (scheduled and impromptu). * Must be comfortable engaging with museum guests, potentially leading tours, and facilitating spotlight talks. * The ability to interact with diverse groups such as children, adults, staff, and volunteers. * Attend subsequent content training to grow knowledge of the area. * Shifts available depending on winter versus summer hours. There is always the need for a Gallery Interpreter/Docent during open hours.
Date Posted: 2024-10-24
Flexible Schedule
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Gig Harbor, WA 98332
A Gallery Educator leads students on field trips through the museum galleries. They share the history of the Gig Harbor area and guide students to engage with our artifacts and other materials. The educator does not lecture but facilitates interaction and exploration. Educators must be comfortable working with and adaptable to students from kindergarten to 12th grade from diverse backgrounds. This position requires the ability to keep to a schedule and be flexible with changing needs and situations. Volunteers will need to familiarize themselves with the history of Gig Harbor and the contents of our galleries, including the Midway Schoolhouse and Shenandoah. Field trips are scheduled Wednesday through Friday, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm.
Date Posted: 2024-10-24
Flexible Schedule
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Gig Harbor, WA 98332
A Midway Costumed Interpreter serves as the schoolteacher (Marm or Master) for a pioneer school day in the Midway Schoolhouse. Midway Costumed Interpreters lead elementary aged students through a period correct school day via existing curriculum for both lessons and recess. Requirements: * The ability to set up the classroom prior to the arrival of students and return classroom to exhibit status after the school day is complete if necessary. * Must be comfortable creating a persona and portraying this character throughout the entire shift, flexible to the changing needs of a group, and responsible for the purchase or making of period-correct costumes. * Be prepared to use classroom management skills throughout the entire shift. * Have general knowledge of or be open to learning the history of pioneer schools from the late 1800s a with focus on the early schools of the Peninsula. * Shifts range from 9:30 am-2:30 pm Wednesdays - Fridays.
Date Posted: 2024-10-24
Organization Information
Mission Statement
Our mission is to create opportunities to experience the history of the Gig Harbor Peninsula. We do this by collecting, preserving and sharing this area's history. Our vision is to be the cornerstone providing a sense of identity for our community.
Description
We provide our community and visitors with a journey through the history of the Gig Harbor Peninsula. The museum contains: permanent exhibit galleries, a Special Exhibitions Gallery with 4-5 changing exhibits each year, a restored 1893 one-room schoolhouse, a 65-foot purse seine fishing vessel, and the first Thunderbird sailboat ever built. The museum has a resource room and gift shop. A dedicated collections storage area provides safe and secure permanent storage for our permanent collection.
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