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1 person is interested
Museum Tour Guide Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design
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1 person is interested
Looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to give hour long tours of the historic Branch House on weekends during our hours of operation, every hour on the hour:
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm.
Tour script and training information provided. Tour groups are no larger than 15 people.
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About The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design
Location:
2501 Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220, US
Mission Statement
The Branch elevates awareness of the transformative power of architecture and design.
Description
Architect John Russell Pope’s Tudor-Revival design for prominent financier John Kerr Branch resulted in a 27,000-square-foot residence featuring eleven levels; a chapel-like studio; and fireproofing by means of concrete floors and masonry walls. With its long gallery, great hall, commodious library and dining room on the main floor, the house, completed in 1919, provided ample space for displaying the Branches’ extensive collection of European tapestries, textiles, and furnishings.
Pope also designed the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the National Archives, and the West Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., as well as Richmond’s Broad Street Station (now the Science Museum of Virginia). His residence for the Branch family is the only individual Monument Avenue building listed on the National Register of Historic Places and awarded landmark status by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of Richmond.
In 2003, the Virginia Center for Architecture Foundation purchased the landmark Tudor-Revival mansion designed by John Russell Pope, one of America’s major architects. This museum on Monument Avenue, serving the Commonwealth, expands exponentially the Foundation’s ability to provide exhibitions and programs to educate and entertain Virginians and visitors, and transforms it from its beginnings as a scholarship fund to a public cultural institution.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design2501 Monument AvenueRichmond, VA 23220
DATE POSTED
April 16, 2020
SKILLS
- Exhibition Arts
- General Education
- Public Speaking
- Storytelling
- History
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Two to four hours on weekends, 10am-4pm Saturday and 1pm-5pm Sunday.
- Comfortable with public speaking, memorization, love of art and architecture.