The Virginia Maritime Heritage Society and Conservation Association

Hello All, I have promised to provide a list of volunteer opportunities in Virginia for the fields of maritime archeology, history, and ethnology. I have decided to list these by organization and hope those who are not mentioned will send comments so that I can update the list in the next post.

For the Mariners’ Museum:

William C. Wooldridge is giving a lecture that sounds exciting on November 8th, “Where in the World was VA? Mapping a Moving Place, 1587-1865”. http://marinersmuseum.org/calendar/lecture-series/where-world-was-virginia

Also you can enquire about volunteer opportunities directly by sending an e-mail to… volunteers@MarinersMuseum.org

For the Watermen’s Museum:

York River Floating Folk Jam… http://www.watermens.org/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=89&extmode=view&extid=572

York River Maritime Heritage Festival… http://www.watermens.org/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=89&extmode=view&extid=572

For volunteer opportunities contact the Museum Director Dave Niebuhr… info@watermens.org

For the Fairfield Foundation…

Opportunities working in their lab sorting and cleaning artifacts.

Email info… fairfield@inna.net

For Historic Dumfries Virginia Inc…

Opportunities in volunteering and good lectures.

Email info… weemsbotts@msn.com

For Virginia Canals & Navigations Society…