Getting Involved
 Travel Through Time in the Junior Docent
Program
Are you
a student between the age of 13 and 17 who might be
interested in:
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Museum
careers (educator, curator, exhibit designer,
conservator, etc.)?
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Learning about history of the Albemarle region?
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Working
with young children in creative activities?
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Meeting
other teens with similar interests?
If so, consider volunteering as a
Junior Docent.
Are you
over the age of 18 and enjoys:
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Working
with teens?
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Helping
teens develop lifetime skills?
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Being a
positive example for teens?
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Sharing
your knowledge of the Albemarle region?
If so, consider volunteering as
an adult volunteer in the Junior Docent program
Who are Junior Docents?
Highly motivated
young students between the ages 13 to 17 are invited to
become part of the exciting Junior Docent program.
Junior Docents are museum volunteers who are trained to
participate in family and children’s programming and to
help museum visitors better understand and appreciate
the history of our area. Junior Docents assist in a
variety of programming including: gallery tours,
costumed interpretation, living history events, creative
children’s activities, gallery carts and
hands-on-history.
Becoming a Junior Docent is an opportunity for teenagers
to explore history, develop skills in leadership, time
management and public speaking while at the same time
making a significant contribution to the community.
Selection is based
upon application, 2 teacher
recommendations, parent or guardian permission, and an interview. Junior Docents are
required to volunteer at least four hours a month and
are expected to remain in the program for one year.
If you would like to
participate in this exciting new program as a Junior
Docent or an adult volunteer please call Charlotte
Patterson at 252-331-4031 or email at
charlotte.patterson@ncmail.net
In order to be
considered for the Junior Docent program, please have
the appropriate persons fill out the below forms and
return:
Special thanks to the Perry
Auto Group for their generous sponsorship of the 2006-2007
Junior Docent program.
Membership
Museum of the Albemarle supporters
are joining the membership group established by the
Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle, our support and advisory board. It is very
gratifying to see the large number of individuals, families, and
businesses who are on board. These people want to see the Museum of
the Albemarle continue to expand its program offerings; to design
and display many new exhibits; and to collect, preserve, and
interpret the history of the thirteen-county Albemarle region. They
value the heritage developed by their ancestors and preserved as a
legacy for their children.
The greatest asset of membership is the opportunity to assist the
museum in offering more and more services to the people of the
region. Whether one was born here and grew up in the Albemarle
region or just arrived today, the Museum of the Albemarle provides
benefits to every individual, family, and business it encounters.
The values derived from a sense of history cannot be finitely
measured. They can, however, be treasured, and that is what
membership in the
Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle
encompasses: a sense
of value to be absorbed, nourished, and shared.
Persons wanting to join
Friends of the Museum
of the Albemarle
pay membership dues directly to Friends of the Museum of the
Albemarle. Membership is on a calendar basis and there are six
membership categories:
Individual $30.00
Family $50.00
Student $15.00
Patron $100.00-$499.00
Sponsor $500.00-$999.00 B
Benefactor $1,000.00 and up
All membership donations are tax-exempt to the full extent of the
law. The
membership form provides additional detail and can be
printed, filled out, and mailed.
Donations
Give a gift that will benefit the Albemarle area for generations to
come. Any monetary donation to the Museum is greatly appreciated-and
it's tax deductible. Remember us in your will, also.
Guild
of Museum Friends
The Guild of Museum Friends serves as
a support group for the Museum of the Albemarle. Membership is open
to everyone who is interested in the objectives of the Guild and a
member of Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle. Meeting monthly, September through May, members
enjoy programs of local historical interest. Through various
money-making projects, the Guild has been able to donate funds to
the museum for special needs.
Volunteering
Volunteer opportunities
abound at the Museum of the Albemarle. For more information,
contact the Volunteer Coordinator at 252-331-4032 or
download and complete the
volunteer
application and return to Education Coordinator,
Museum of the Albemarle, 501 S. Water Street, Elizabeth
City, NC 27909
Education
Volunteers in the Education branch assist with a plethora of
activities inside and out of the museum. Education volunteers are
the face and voice of the museum to thousands of visitors each year.
Education volunteers assist with tours through the museum galleries;
present and assist with a multitude of programs such as hands-on
presentations and other small-group programs; act as a "rover" in
the galleries and other areas to answer visitor questions as needed;
assist with special events held periodically throughout the year.
Curation
and Collections
Curation volunteers are needed in a
wide array of research activities. Opportunities will include
research on specific artifacts -- such as information about an
agricultural company that manufactured an implement we have -- or
general research about historical trends or events. Prospective
volunteers should either be experienced in historical research or
have an interest in the history of the thirteen-county Albemarle
region. Research projects will be tailored to the individual's
interest and cover a broad range of topics, including, but in no way
limited to:
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Reading and making notes from all
old newspapers within the region, including those in Ahoskie,
Edenton, Elizabeth City, Gatesville, Hertford, Murfreesboro,
Plymouth, Manteo, and Windsor, some from as early as the 1780's.
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Reading and making notes from all old
Virginia newspapers that covered the Albemarle, such as the colonial
period Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg) and a succession of
newspapers in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk.
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Researching any and all
aspects of African-Americans and Native Americans, including
reading North Carolina and Virginia black newspapers for
items concerning the Albemarle.
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Transcribing the federal censuses
of free blacks for each county between 1790 -1860.
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Compiling a calendar of events,
whether important or merely "interesting," that occurred on
specific days in Albemarle history. This composite calendar
could be used for an "This Day in the Albemarle" interactive at
the new museum, on the web site, or eventual publications.
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A long range project is working on a
"Dictionary of Albemarle Biography" that will be patterned after and
expand upon the much-heralded six-volume Dictionary of North
Carolina Biography published by the University of North Carolina
Press. Volunteers will research and write biographies of noted and
notorious persons whose lives impacted the Albemarle region. Entries
will run the gamut of life in the region since the 1580's;
governmental and business leaders, teachers and ministers,
carpenters and brick masons, furniture craftsmen, shipwrights and
seamen, criminals and victims, inventors, etc.
Volunteer opportunities in Collections include assistance in moving
heavy artifacts for measurement purposes and affixing catalog
numbers to artifacts.
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