Volunteer

Volunteers use hand tools to clear vegetation from the Pattern Storage building in Calumet’s Industrial Corridor.

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Volunteering is an American tradition that has made an immeasurable contribution to communities, organizations, and individuals throughout the country. Today's volunteers are active, dynamic, creative individuals who possess the skills, desire, patience, and time to accomplish a wide variety of tasks.

Volunteers-In-Parks are our VIPs!

Volunteers donate millions of hours to your national parks annually. Volunteers are accepted from the public without regard to race, creed, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.

Come and join us in preserving the unique beauty of the Keweenaw Peninsula!

Current Volunteer Opportunities

Interested in applying your skills? Below are the positions we need some extra hands with…

 

From Volunteer.gov:

 

Park volunteers look through documents at the Keweenaw History Center.

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The popular season for volunteers is June through October, but the frigid winters also provide volunteer opportunities for those who enjoy lots of snow! Individuals may volunteer a few hours a month or up to several days per week.

For additional information about these volunteer positions, contact us.

Keweenaw Heritage Sites Volunteer Opportunities

There are a wide variety of Keweenaw Heritage Sites which partner with Keweenaw National Historical Park, all of which contain significant cultural and/or natural resources and share their own unique chapter of the Keweenaw's copper mining heritage. Many of these sites rely on volunteers to make their operation and upkeep of the site possible.

 

Calumet Theatre - Calumet

Opportunities: Tour guides, ushers, security, facility maintenance, publicity (poster hanging), special event assistance
Timeframe: Year-round
Contact: Marlin Lee, 906-337-2610
Email: [e-mail]

Carnegie Museum - Houghton

Opportunities: Docents, Upcoming Spring Cleaning
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: Elise Nelson, 906-482-7140
Email: [e-mail]

Chassell Heritage Center - Chassell

Opportunities: Greeters and tour guides, special event help, opportuntiies for historical speakers and music groups to perform
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: 906-523-1155
Email: [e-mail]

Copper Country Firefighters History Museum - Calumet

Opportunities: Tour Guides and Museum Staff
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: 906-231-2861
Email: [e-mail]

Copper Range Historical Society - South Range

Opportunities: Docents, Board Members, Light Maintenance
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: Jean Pemberton, 906-487-3412
Email: [e-mail]

Coppertown Mining Museum - Calumet

Opportunities: Museum tour guides, admission collection and gift shop operation, general site maintenance
Timeframe: Summer tourist season, June through September
Contact: Dick Dana, 906-337-0545

Finnish American Heritage Center - Hancock

Opportunities: Reception Desk, Reshelving, Updating Databases, Finding Materials
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: Joanna Chopp, 906-487-7347
Email: [e-mail]

Hanka Homestead - Pelkie

Opportunities: General Maintenance, Tour Guides, Brush Clearing
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: Marcia Slater, 906-334-2601
Email: [e-mail]

Houghton County Historical Society - Lake Linden

Opportunities: Train operators and conductors, tour guides, site maintenance, grant writing assistance, office help, research and artifact cataloging
Timeframe: Varies - many needs are year-round
Contact: 906-296-4121

Keweenaw County Historical Society - Multiple Locations

Opportunities: Greeters, gift shop staff, group tour guides, grounds keepers and maintenance
Timeframe: Mid-June through Mid-October Visitor Season
Contact: Ginny Schubert, 906-289-4607

Opportunities: Social Media, Fund Development, Writing Articles, Inventorying, Archiving, Exhibit Development, Maintenance Oversight, Caretakers, Event Planning, Museum Coordinator
Timeframe: Year Round, as needed and available!
Contact: https://www.keweenawhistory.org/contact-us

Keweenaw Heritage Center - Calumet

Opportunities: Tour guides, facility cleaning and maintenance
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: Phyllis Locatelli, 906-337-1640

Old Victoria - Rockland

Opportunities: Building maintenance and cleaning, tour guides, special event help
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: Patty Pattinson, 906-886-2617

Ontonagon County Historical Society - Ontonagon

Opportunities: Museum Docents, Tour Guides, and Cashiers
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: Laura Burke, 906-884-6165
Email: [e-mail]

Painesdale Mine Shaft - Painesdale

Opportunities: Historical research, Preservation, Tour Guides, Graphic Design, Video Editing, Greeters, and Social Media Managers
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: Vince Kanthak, 906-369-5358
Email: [e-mail]

Quincy Mine Hoist Association - Hancock

Opportunities: Vegetation Management, Grounds Clean-up, Painting, Museum Curator
Timeframe: Summer season
Contact: Tom Wright, 906-482-3101
Email: [e-mail]