Volunteering for the Scituate Historical Society

The Scituate Historical Society maintains nine of the town’s most treasured historic sites through the hard work of dozens of volunteers. Our dedicated Board of Trustees and tireless officers are always looking for new volunteers to help us improve and expand our program offerings, help preserve our buildings, and continue to strive to achieve our mission goals. Whatever your interests, you will find a welcoming niche in an organization that invites your active involvement.

So what can you do to help? Here are a few ideas:

• Our Archivist is busy cataloguing and preserving our large collection of artifacts and furnishings.
• Our Genealogist works to expand our resources in this area, answering questions from around the United States on local families and their histories.
• We are always in need of additional docents when we open our historical sites to the public.
• Our Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum needs volunteers to staff the exhibit areas and the gift shop, especially now as we expand our hours of operation with greater demand for the site to be open.
• Our Kathleen Laidlaw historical Center, which houses our research library, is staffed five days a week from 10am to 4pm, entirely by volunteers.
• Our monthly newsletter is the center of our society and publishes several outside submissions each month.
• We have several volunteers who are pursuing their specific area of interest by helping us preserve our collections of antique clothing, photographs, and paper memorabilia and other artifacts.
• During the past two years we have painted the interior of the Cudworth House, the interior of the Old Oaken Bucket House, and the exterior of the Grand Army Hall, all with the help of volunteers.