OMAH loves its Volunteers!

When you volunteer at OMAH, you join a group of people who share a passion for culture and our community. In addition to the opportunity to work with a highly committed team of staff and volunteers in a stimulating workplace, some of the benefits of volunteering at OMAH include:

Orientation and training for all volunteer positions – both on the job and through workshop opportunities, development of employment-related skills, discounts on Museum Shop purchases, letters of reference and records of volunteer hours. Vulnerable sector screening check may be required. 

Roles and Opportunities:

Visitor Experiences/Gallery Greeter

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Welcome visitors
• Inform visitors about exhibitions and OMAH programmes (membership, education) 
• Basic administrative duties

Reporting to: Administrative Assistant

Administrative Support

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Record keeping, data entry
• Scanning
• Basic administrative duties

Reporting to: Administrative Assistant

Gallery Guide/Docent

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Greet and engage with museum visitors using a variety of interactive strategies to help provide a personalized visit
• Keep up-to-date on current and upcoming exhibition content
• Conduct independent research on art and artefacts on display
• Facilitate interpretive activities in galleries for children and adults
• Help the Programming team to develop interactive gallery activities

Reporting to: Executive Director

Collections

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Entering information into the database
• Cataloguing
• Organizing and re-housing reference material
• Photographing artifacts

Reporting: Executive Director

Research

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gain familiarity with collection
• Assist visitors with research resources
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information
• Occasional independent research administrative assistance as required

Reporting: Executive Director

Exhibition Installation

Responsibilities:

• Assist with exhibition installation
  Duties may include: Painting, mount creation, carpentry, artefact and art installation, lighting, administration
• Assist with exhibition take down
  Duties may include: Patching and painting walls, artefact removal, administration

Volunteers should be comfortable on step stools and some ladders

Reporting to: Exhibition Project Lead

Special Events

Duties and responsibilities:

• Assist with setup, greeting and registration
• Food and beverage service (Smart Serve certification is not mandatory, but is an asset)
• Event planning

Reporting to: Administrative Assistant

Studio Assistant

Duties and responsibilities:

• Greet families, children and students
• Assist instructor with setup and striking of studio materials
• Assist students (children) with art-making 
• Supervise children indoors and outdoors
• Organize activities for break times

Reporting to: Programming team

For more information, please contact

Monica Szegvary, Administrative Assistant
705-326-2159