Percy & Small Shipyard Guide (Volunteer)
Maine Maritime Museum is an independent, nonprofit institution that connects people to the past, present, and future of Maine’s waterways and their global reach. Because this vibrant culture includes different backgrounds, perspectives, and voices—and because our museum welcomes visitors from around the world—our institution is firmly committed to inclusion, accessibility, diversity, and equity.
If you believe in museums’ important role to reveal the past, to inform the present, and to shape the future, we invite you to join our team. You will join us on the beautiful banks of the Kennebec River, on a twenty-acre campus where collaboration and creativity are encouraged.
POSITION SUMMARY
Percy & Small Shipyard Guides provide 45-minute walking tours of the historic Percy & Shipyard to daily museum visitors and special group tours. The Percy & Small Shipyard is the United States only remaining in-tact shipyard that constructed wooden vessels. The shipyard built wooden schooners primarily for the coal trade and in 1909 built the largest wooden vessel in North America, Schooner Wyoming. The tour guide shares the shipyard’s history and stories of the shipbuilding process, the shipyard workers, and the vessels they constructed. Percy and Small Tour Guides are a part of the Interpretation Volunteer team that provides educational experiences to visitors on the museum campus. Successful guides are comfortable with public speaking, storytelling, and engaging with a diverse audience and broad age ranges.
No prior shipbuilding experience or maritime knowledge is required. All new Percy & Small Shipyard Guides complete 10 hours of training that includes tour content, visitor engagement strategies, and museum orientation.
Percy & Small Shipyard Guides are managed by the Museum Education Specialist.
This is an unpaid, volunteer position.
HOW TO APPLY
Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Please complete an online application, starting with the creation of a username and password. If you have any questions, please reach out to info@maritimeme.org.
This position is subject to sex offender and criminal background checks. Maine Maritime Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
