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Volunteer or intern

Volunteers

Volunteers are the life blood of the Kittitas County Historical Museum. As a non-profit organization, we rely on the generous support of our volunteers to help pick-up where our regular staff cannot.

We seek volunteers to help support and work on tasks around the Museum. 

Current projects include, but are not limited to: Front Desk support (requires at least two hours per week); Collections support to help process items, photographs, and/or archival material (requires more than 2 hours per shift minimum); Downtown Guided Tour docent (requires at least 2 hours per shift, Spring to Fall); and more.

If you are interested in supporting our Museum as a volunteer, please submit your application by clicking below



Community Service

We qualify as an approved location for individuals to complete their required community service, whether it is class required or court mandated.

Unfortunately our Museum often is unable to place many individuals looking to complete their hours at our Museum due to a lack of staff available and/or a lack of projects available.

If you would like to complete your required community service hours at our Museum, please submit the following application form and we will contact you accordingly.

Interns

We invite students to intern at the Kittitas County Historical Museum. 

Students from local high schools, colleges, universities, trade schools, and other non-traditional learning experiences are welcome to apply for an internship, whether for academic credit (or hours) or as a volunteer position for career and/or skill-building experience at a level above a traditional volunteer position.

Each internship is developed as a prearranged, structured learning experience and usually scheduled within a specific time frame (such as an academic quarter). 

The internship experience must be relevant to the intern’s academic and professional goals, and must meet the mission and goals of our Museum.

Each internship is performed under the direct supervision of Museum Staff and through coordination with an academic advisor at the respective school. Interns primarily work on individual projects with limited team experiences.

Students will have the opportunity during their internship to gain a variety of skills, including museum best standards and practices. 

With our Museum being a small museum, there are opportunities to gain experience on specific interests as well as explore additional opportunities in areas like museum collections care, exhibit design, education, programs, public outreach, and much more.

Please note that at this time, our internships are unpaid unless expressly noted otherwise.

If you are interested in interning with our Museum, please submit your application by clicking below

Please contact us if you are unable to submit information through an online form submission or download the printable form.