Volunteer Opportunities From: Volunteer Peninsula

Join our team of professionals as they prepare for our busy season, inviting thousands of school children from across Virginia to learn and engage with history.

Together, we will prepare by performing a variety of general site maintenance tasks, repairs and projects to support our costumed Living History Interpreters across our outdoor living history sites. Material culture is an essential teaching tool, we use the buildings, clothing, tools, and other reproduction items to immerse folks in history, helping them make connections between our past and present. 

You may learn to scrub down a cannon carriage, weave mats for the Yehakins in the Paspahegh town, stand up a new ramada, weed a garden, or sand and oil furniture. We have a variety of tasks a group can assist us with!

Optional tour available after the project for those interested. 

Volunteer museum docents for Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center are currently needed seven day a week for the following shifts - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. or 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. or 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Docents are responsible for:

- Leading outdoor orientation tours
- Assisting visitors and leading interactive activities in the special exhibit galleries; answering questions, and engaging visitors in the permanent museum gallery exhibits.
- Museum docents may also lead gallery tours or share exciting historical and museum information with visitors while manning an indoor hands-on learning station.

The Foundation offers a comprehensive staff training program that includes lectures, tours, demonstrations, and skills training that amply equip volunteer docents for any role they choose. In return for donating their time, the Foundation's core volunteers receive complementary admission to Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center for themselves and their family; 20% discount at the Foundation's museum gift shops; 50% discount at the Jamestown Settlement Cafe, and other benefits. For information about the docent program or other volunteer opportunities, call 757-253-4034

Volunteer museum lobby greeters are currently needed at the Yorktown Victory Center for the following shifts - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. or 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. or 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., especially Sunday.

The Visitor Services Concierge is responsible for:
-Welcoming visitors to the museum, directing them to ticketing and group check-in, and answering general questions regarding musuem programs, services, and ticket information
-Assisting with queue management and wayfinding for visitors
-Assisting Visitor Services Staff with providing scooters, wheelchairs, strollers, etc.
-Monitoring theater times and assisting visitors in and out of the theater
-Orienting visitors to the galleries and gift shops
-Other duties as assigned

The Foundation offers a comprehensive staff training program that includes lectures, tours, demonstrations, and skills training that amply equip volunteers for any role they choose. In return for donating their time, the Foundation's core volunteers receive complementary admission to Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center for themselves and their family; 20% discount at the Foundation's museum gift shops; 50% discount at the Jamestown Settlement Cafe, and other benefits. For information about the docent program or other volunteer opportunities, call 757-253-4034

Volunteer costumed interpreters are currently needed seven days a week at Jamestown Settlement or Yorktown Victory Center for the following shifts - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. or 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. or 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

The costumed interpreter is responsible for:
-Greeting, orienting, and assisting visitors with information on scheduled demonstrations, tours, and on-going activities within the site
-Presenting and/or assisting with hands-on activities appropriate to site as trained
-Maintain tools, equipment, reproduction objects and costume as instructed
-Work in costume or professional dress as appropriate to assigned duties
-Other duties as assigned

The Foundation offers a comprehensive staff training program that includes lectures, tours, demonstrations, and skills training that amply equip volunteers for any role they choose. In return for donating their time, the Foundation's core volunteers receive complementary admission to Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center for themselves and their family; 20% discount at the Foundation's museum gift shops; 50% discount at the Jamestown Settlement Cafe, and other benefits. For information about the docent program or other volunteer opportunities, call 757-253-4034