Site Historians, Docents, Hosts

The Moss Mansion recruits volunteers to help share the history of the mansion and the Moss family to visitors of all ages and from around the world. Trained in the history of the family and the home, site historians and hosts are a vital link between the history of the Moss Mansion and its visitors. Shifts vary seasonally and can include morning and afternoon shifts on weekdays and weekends.

Docentslead self-paced or guided tours through eachroom on threefloors. They should be able to easily manage three flights of stairs and should be very comfortable welcoming guests, giving presentations and answering questions. Docents are needed for scheduled daily tours and special group tours.

Hostswelcome guests to the first orsecond floors for self-paced tours of the museum and are required to use several flights of stairs. Hosts are expected to greet guests, direct them on an appropriate path through the rooms, and provide descriptions of the rooms and background of the family in a less structured environment than Docents/Tour Guides. They will be expected to monitor all guests on a particular floor during their four-hour shift.

Many volunteers take on both Host and Docent duties butut can focus on Hosting if more comfortablein that position.The schedule is set a month in advance (following a training period). We typically ask tour volunteers to work one shift per week, but we can offer more or less depending on your availability. Shifts occur 11:30AM-4PM every day except Tuesdays (when we are closed) during our regular season. Summer shifts are 9:30AM-1PM and 12:30PM-4:00PM Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, and 11:30-4PM Sundays.