Museum Valuable Partner (MVP) Opportunities
The Mendocino County Museum welcomes the interest and involvement of volunteers in providing an engaging and enriching experience of Mendocino County's heritage for residents and visitors to our area. We call these people MVPs - Museum Valuable Partners - because they are Most Valuable Players in the Museum's efforts.
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There are many opportunities, levels of responsibility, and time commitments for those who meet the basic criteria for partnership:
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Want to help the Museum?
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Gallery Partner - Share a love of local heritage and help visitors explore the Engine House and special exhibits
Shares information about exhibits in the Museum's galleries, leads small tours and answers questions, as well as assures reasonable Museum conduct, security of artifacts, and safety of visitors
Time Commitment: 2 hour minimum time block, any day from Wednesday through Sunday
Event Partner - Help the Museum host special events and programs
Assists with planning and conducting Museum events that may be for exhibits, education, entertainment or fund-raising
Time Commitment: Depends on event, may just be the day of the event itself
Reception Partner - Front line in welcoming people to the Museum
Greets people entering the Museum, answers basic questions, sells tickets, and handles Museum Shop transactions
Time Commitment: 2 hour minimum time block, any day from Wednesday through Sunday
Education Partner - Calls for creativity and connectivity with kids
Assists in planning field trip programs, providing outreach to teachers and schools, leading presentations to school groups, developing curriculum for a specific exhibit, developing educational packets for visiting families
Time Commitment: Depends on project
Special Projects Partner - Important resource for Museum programs
Assists the Museum with its very long "to-do" list and many projects of varying sizes. People with museum-related interests and skills can be matched to projects working on a newsletter, ad layout, a special display, a historical article, website updates, research, oral interviews, etc.
Time Commitment: Depends on project
Roots of Motive Power Volunteer - Great experience for the mechanically-minded!
Assists Roots of Motive Power on work days to maintain, clean, repair, restore, and operate steam equipment and engines
Time Commitment: Negotiable, work days are twice a month. For more information, please see the Roots Website.
Shares information about exhibits in the Museum's galleries, leads small tours and answers questions, as well as assures reasonable Museum conduct, security of artifacts, and safety of visitors
Time Commitment: 2 hour minimum time block, any day from Wednesday through Sunday
Event Partner - Help the Museum host special events and programs
Assists with planning and conducting Museum events that may be for exhibits, education, entertainment or fund-raising
Time Commitment: Depends on event, may just be the day of the event itself
Reception Partner - Front line in welcoming people to the Museum
Greets people entering the Museum, answers basic questions, sells tickets, and handles Museum Shop transactions
Time Commitment: 2 hour minimum time block, any day from Wednesday through Sunday
Education Partner - Calls for creativity and connectivity with kids
Assists in planning field trip programs, providing outreach to teachers and schools, leading presentations to school groups, developing curriculum for a specific exhibit, developing educational packets for visiting families
Time Commitment: Depends on project
Special Projects Partner - Important resource for Museum programs
Assists the Museum with its very long "to-do" list and many projects of varying sizes. People with museum-related interests and skills can be matched to projects working on a newsletter, ad layout, a special display, a historical article, website updates, research, oral interviews, etc.
Time Commitment: Depends on project
Roots of Motive Power Volunteer - Great experience for the mechanically-minded!
Assists Roots of Motive Power on work days to maintain, clean, repair, restore, and operate steam equipment and engines
Time Commitment: Negotiable, work days are twice a month. For more information, please see the Roots Website.
