Opportunities From: VolunteerME Mid Coast Maine

The museum has an ongoing need for auto & plane enthusiasts who have mechanic skills to help maintain its collection. Evening hours on Thursdays offer working volunteers an after hours opportunity to contribute their valuable support to the museum and have fun at the same time.

Classes for museum interpreters (tour guides) have begun and Model T driver courses will be scheduled this spring.  Our tour guides provide educational tours of the museum’s collection. If you are a history buff as it pertains to early transportation and have a passion for sharing knowledge, this class is for you. Trained Model T drivers are needed throughout the season to provide visitors with rides during regular operating hours and at OHTM events. The sound of a Model T ‘s engine will capture your heart and challenge everything you thought you knew about driving a car. Library/Archives Assistant involves documenting, accessioning archival materials, sorting, shelving, mending damaged books, inventorying, research, copy cataloging and other projects. Basic computer skills, attention to detail, organizational, understanding of historical research methods, an interest in transportation history, research or museum/archival studies.

Many high school students must complete a total of 50 hours of volunteer work to meet graduation requirements. If you know a high school student who is interested in automotive technology and is looking to fulfill their requirements in an educational and fun environment the Museum has opportunities available.

The Museum has an upcoming need for poster distribution volunteers and museum outreach ambassadors. These volunteers will be responsible for performing one of the most vital grassroots tasks in assisting the Museum in promoting our events. In addition to hitting the road and distributing event posters and materials, these volunteers will have the opportunity to act as Museum ambassadors along the way. Ideally teams of two volunteers will each hit a designated poster distribution route. Poster distribution volunteers can choose to be assigned to a local route or a long distance route. The ideal candidates will be energetic, interested in cultivating new locations for posters to be hung/ distributed and will love talking about the Museum with folks throughout the state.

The museum gift shop and the admission desk are currently looking to add to their volunteer staff with various days and times available throughout the spring and summer.Now is the time to join in and be a part of something new and exciting. Whether you enjoy greeting and assisting visitors, providing information about the museum, sales, packing and shipping our e-store sales, tagging and stocking store merchandise, or one of a variety of other activities, we have something for you. We will provide all training. Shifts can be scheduled at your convenience.