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Front Desk Attendant

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ORGANIZATION: The Field House Museum

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Front Desk Attendant

The Field House Museum is looking for outgoing and friendly front desk attendants at the Museum. Front desk attendants are the face of the Museum and should make guests feel welcome as they come in. This position is also in charge of accepting admissions, explaining current exhibits, and running the gift shop.

Most volunteers choose to work either a morning shift from 9:30 am - Noon or an afternoon shift from Noon - 4:00 pm. Our volunteers are vital to the Museum, and we rely on them to be on time for their shifts.

Benefits include free admission, discounts in the gift shop, and free parking at the Museum.

Other Helpful Information

The Museum has its slow days, making this an excellent position for someone who generally works from home but would like a change of scenery. Students working on online classes or someone who enjoys reading are also fantastic candidates.

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About The Field House Museum

Location:

634 South Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102, US

Mission Statement

The Trustees of The Field House Museum have as their mission the preservation, maintenance, interpretation, and promotion of The Field House Museum as an historic property and museum, with four objectives. 1. To inform the general public about the life, works, and times of Eugene Field, the "Children's Poet," and the creator of the personal column in daily newspapers. 2. To preserve the childhood home of Eugene Field and to display Field family memorabilia and other period artifacts in a nineteenth-century domestic setting. 3. To educate visitors about Eugene Field's father, Roswell Martin Field, who served as Dred Scott's attorney when he sued for his family's freedom in 1853 in a building at Second and Papin Streets, thereby playing a major role in the events leading to the landmark Supreme Court decision affecting all African-Americans. 4. To collect and exhibit toys as an outgrowth of Eugene Field's abiding interest in collecting children's toys and dolls.

Description

The Field House Museum was the boyhood home of Eugene Field, who is beloved to this day as the "Children's Poet" and widely known as the "Father of the Personal Newspaper Column". The museum is also known as the home of Eugene's father, Roswell Martin Field, a well-known attorney. In 1853 he served as the attorney for the slaves Dred and Harriet Scott and their daughters, Eliza and Lizzy, when they brought action in federal court for their freedom. In 1934, when the home was scheduled for demolition, Irving Dilliard wrote a spirited editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch decrying the destruction of Eugene Field's birthplace. Jesse Powell Henry and Carl Peyton Daniel, Sr. , formed a committee to save the house, and the Board of Education took possession, preserving the home. In 1935 and 1936, during the Great Depression, school children in the St. Louis Public Schools collected nearly $2,000 to help the Eugene Field House. It was restored and opened as a museum in December of 1936, and to this day, school groups from the public schools of the city of St. Louis are admitted free. In 1968, the Board of Education gave up active operation of the museum, which is now professionally operated under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Eugene Field House Foundation, Inc. Since 1999, the house has been under a complete renovation and restoration of both the exterior and interior.

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Arts & Culture
Education & Literacy
Advocacy & Human Rights, Arts & Culture, Education & Literacy

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

634 South BroadwaySaint Louis, MO 63102

(38.61999,-90.19196)
 

SKILLS

  • Transactions
  • Retail / Sales
  • Customer Service

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • Must have reliable transportation.

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