JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
JCHS Mission: To actively discover, collect, preserve, and promote the heritage of Jefferson County in the State of Washington.

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  Fort Worden Commanding Officer's Quarters Judith Livingston in the Rothschild House garden JCHS Research Center Ann Welch at the Jefferson County Fair Victorian girls History Camp  

Volunteer Opportunities

You probably live here - at least in part - because you value and are interested in our community's lively history.

Volunteering with the Jefferson County Historical Society provides an array of opportunities to get connected to those working to preserve our cultural heritage. There are few things more enjoyable than exercising your talents!  If you have some time to share, we can promise you great opportunities to learn and practice your skills in the company of wonderful people.

Opportunities abound within the many programs and venues of the historical society. Volunteers are the foundation of this 60-year-old organization and several projects are always underway behind the scenes. We invite you to jump in! Here are some opportunities for the coming months.

  • Help plan and produce special events:  Every year JCHS hosts special events like First Night, Founders' Day, Holiday Open House, History Camp, exhibit openings and lectures. Interesting projects await creative organizers.  Contact Bill Tennent for more information.

  • Become a member of the JCHS Education Committee:  With the mission to "increase knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of Jefferson County history through projects and programs directed at residents and visitors of all ages, with particular attention to school-aged children," the JCHS Education Committee participates in many projects, including History Camp, the "Museum in a Trunk" program, lecture series and more.  For more information, click here.

  • Help catalog the JCHS photo collection: We need assistance identifying and organizing a collection of over 20,000 photographs. This is a fun, never-ending project. Anyone who has lived in the county for a long time could be especially helpful identifying places and people but there's plenty of work for everyone.  To offer your assistance, contact Marsha Moratti (379-6673).

  • Join the JCHS Oral History Committee:  We're begun collecting oral histories with 21st Century tools.  Help videotape and edit interviews with Jefferson County residents. Contact Ann Welch for more information.

  • Conduct walking tours:  Learn and share the history of Port Townsend's downtown and uptown historic districts.  Contact Lynne Sterling (360-385-9279).

  • Become a Museum docent: Welcome visitors to the Museum, located in the beautifully restored landmark Port Townsend City Hall building.  Learn all about our community's lively history and share your knowledge with visitors.  Shifts are two and a half hours long.  Contact Phyllis Snyder for more information.

  • Greet and inform visitors at the Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitors' Center. Contact Bill Roney.

  • Become a Rothschild House docent: Learn to share this historic treasure. Perched on the bluff overlooking the downtown historic district, this house and its garden provide an exceptionally pleasant setting for both docents and visitors. The house manager, Phyllis Snyder, schools new volunteers about the Rothschild family, their home and early Port Townsend. Typically, volunteers work a three-hour shift.

  • Become a Commanding Officer's Quarters docent: New this year to the family of JCHS museums, the 1904  historic house museum is located at the head of Officer's Row at Fort Worden State Park.  Contact Steve Bailey for more information.

  • Survey historic properties: Are you fascinated by old buildings?  Do you have an interest in architectural styles?  Do you find yourself slowly driving around neighborhoods, just looking at houses?  Here's an opportunity to immerse yourself in your "old house" passion!  Surveying involves exterior observation and recording.  Documenting a building's architectural style is part of the process.  JCHS will happily get you up to speed on architectural styles and terminology.  Contact Marsha Moratti to learn more.

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