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Flexible Schedule
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Richmond, CA 94804
Love to engage people and share history? Come join us as a docent aboard the SS Red Oak Victory! The SS Red Oak Victory ship in conjunction with the Richmond History Museum, shares the origin stories of how the Kaiser Shipyards were created, the experiences of the crews that manned and operated the ship's 35+ year history at sea during WWII, the Vietnam, and Korean Wars, and the "Rosies" who built the ship and their legacies. Looking for engaging and informative volunteers to bring our history to life through docent tour led interaction on and below deck. Great way to learn local history, connect with our community, and meet people from all over. All training provided. College credit and internships available through this program. No experience necessary, but historical interpreting, Navy, Mariner, or any other relevant experience a plus. If you want to know more about any of our volunteer opportunities, please contact me via email at: Mandy@redoakvictory.us We look forward to meeting you!
Date Posted: Apr 15, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Richmond, CA 94802
The Richmond Museum of History & Culture is currently closed to the public due to the pandemic. All volunteers will be scheduled by appointment. The museum staff are committed to safety and will not permit more than 4 individuals at the museum at a time. Masks are required to be used when in common areas. Sanitation and cleanliness enforced. The Richmond Museum of History is conducting an inventory of the permanent collection. The Inventory Technician will work closely with the Museum staff and other volunteers to continue the effort to complete a full digital inventory of the permanent collection. The Museum is very fortunate to have excellent paper records dating back over sixty years. In an effort to be better stewards of the collection, the Museum began the process to create a digital inventory in 2014 and the work continues today. In December 2017, the Museum was awarded an National Endowment for the Humanities grant to continue the inventory project! We're excited to move the project forward into the next step of paperwork reconciliation. Duties of this volunteer include reconciling artifacts and catalog cards, handling, and photographing artifacts, creating short descriptions of artifacts, creating digital images of artifacts, measuring artifacts, data entry into Past Perfect software program. Students are expected to dedicate at least four hours per week to the internship. The Richmond Museum of History is located roughly six blocks from BART and one block from AC Transit 72 line. The Richmond Museum of History is located in the heart of downtown Richmond and is proud to be the oldest organization in West Contra Costa County dedicated to preserving local history. The Richmond Museum of History is housed in a Carnegie Library and owns the most significant collection of historical material and documents in the local area. The permanent collection was established in 1950 and is comprised of a variety of materials including textiles, fine art, archaeological collections, historical artifacts, documents, photographs. The Museum staff is small but what we lack in capacity, we far make up for in enthusiasm and love for our work. The Richmond Museum of History is currently transitioning from a grassroots, volunteer lead effort to a professional nonprofit lead by academically trained staff. The staff is working to reinvigorate the museum, gain new support within the community and seeks to become more relevant to the modern residents of Richmond. We accomplish this by conducting community outreach, broadening the scope of history we interpret and hosting community advisory meetings.
Date Posted: Apr 15, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Richmond, CA 94802
The Richmond Museum of History seeks assistance with the costume/textile portion of the permanent collection. The volunteer will work closely with the Museum staff to process incoming acqusitions and prepare texiles for long term storage. Volunteers may also be asked to assist in dressing mannequins for exhibitions. Skills including making padded hangers and sewing labels into costume are highly desired. The Richmond Museum of History is located roughly six blocks from BART and one block from AC Transit 72 line. The Richmond Museum of History is located in the heart of downtown Richmond and is proud to be the oldest organization in West Contra Costa County dedicated to preserving local history. The Richmond Museum of History is housed in a Carnegie Library and owns the most significant collection of historical material and documents in the local area. The permanent collection was established in 1950 and is comprised of a variety of materials including textiles, fine art, archaeological collections, historical artifacts, documents, photographs. The Museum staff is small but what we lack in capacity, we far make up for in enthusiasm and love for our work. The Richmond Museum of History is currently transitioning from a grassroots, volunteer lead effort to a professional nonprofit lead by academically trained staff. The staff is working to reinvigorate the museum, gain new support within the community and seeks to become more relevant to the modern residents of Richmond. We accomplish this by conducting community outreach, broadening the scope of history we interpret and hosting community advisory meetings.
Date Posted: Apr 15, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Richmond, CA 94804
Help us restore a historic ship in the Richmond Shipyard, the SS Red Oak Victory a 1944 Boulder Class cargo ship! We need volunteers for painting parties. The SS Red Oak Victory needs constant attention! Metal ship plus air and moisture = rust! We need to constantly defend against the rust by chipping rust blisters, painting sealant, primer and then paint. Workdays are currently Tuesdays. We are restoring and renovating this artifact so that it will be here for many generations to come! Rescued from rust and decay from the mothball fleet in Suisun Bay the ship is a welded steel metal ship on the San Francisco Bay in contact with the elements and is constantly in need of painting. Work would be done on metal and steel throughout the ship including in the Engine Room. If you are interested in more information about us, please check out our website http://redoakvictory.us/support-us/volunteer/ or contact me: kristen@redoakvictory.us Looking forward to working with you!
Date Posted: Apr 15, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Richmond, CA 94802
The Richmond Museum of History owns a vast collection of historical postcards, greeting cards, and photographs. We seek an person with skills in product development to create a line of greeting cards/postcards/etc that could be sold in our gift shop.
Date Posted: Apr 15, 2022
