There are many ways community members can join us in the work we do to protect, preserve, and promote the rich history of Fluvanna County. Below are just a few ways you can participate.
Archive Volunteers
Imagine transcribing a document from 1780, or helping to identify people in a photograph from 1900! Our archive volunteers answer research requests from near and far, add new material to our archives, update our indexes, and work to make sure these documents are protected. Their work enables us to tell the stories of the people who have made Fluvanna their home.
Museum Volunteers & Guides
Museum volunteers do the very important work of educating people about Fluvanna’s history through museum tours and exhibits at the Old Stone Jail Museum, Holland Page Place Museum, and Farm Heritage Museum. If you love to talk about history or love to teach, being a museum guide is a fantastic way to share your love of history with others. If you don’t love to talk, but are creative and/or love to research, you might enjoy working with our museum collections or exhibits to help people learn about history in a hands-on way. There are many ways to volunteer to assist with our museums.
Event Coordinator and Event Volunteers:
The Fluvanna Historical Society hosts many events throughout the year. We are seeking an Event Coordinator volunteer who is comfortable brainstorming and implementing events such as a lecture series, history book club, walking tours, workshops, fundraising events, and fun family friendly events.
We are also seeking Event Volunteers to attend and assist with events by staffing tables at community events, attending lectures, helping with Museum Days events and other special events that we do throughout the year that we needs feet on the ground to help accomplish. Events often happen on evenings or weekends, so some flexibility with working then is helpful.
Digital Mapping
If you have skills with digital mapping and web hosting, we have a place for you in our organization. If you count ESRI among your skill sets, you can help us to create “Story Maps” that identify not only locations of historic places, but the stories of people who lived there. Our goal is to ultimately identify home sites and places of industry – mills, dams, smithies, locks, canals, etc., and to “pin” those places on digital maps.
Miscellaneous
Enjoy gardening? We could use your help to beautify our properties in the historic Village of Palmyra and at Holland Page Place and plant a historically appropriate garden there!
Are you a skilled handyman with time on your hands? Your help with the upkeep of our properties would be appreciated!
Do you have heritage craft skills like spinning, weaving, or blacksmithing and would like to volunteer to demonstrate for events? We would love to showcase your abilities!
In short, whatever your area of interest and skill set, we have a place for you. Reach out with any questions you may have about volunteer opportunities, or fill out our form (below) to let us know about your interests. Thanks for stopping by!
Contact: volunteer@fluvannahistory.org
(434) 589-7910
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