Volunteer

How To Apply

Become a National Park Service volunteer and help to preserve America's national treasures! Hampton National Historic Site offers a variety of volunteer opportunities that range from gardening and landscaping to conducting research to giving tours of the mansion and farm site. Schedules are flexible and the experience is invaluable.

Prospective volunteers must apply and go through an interview process. Successful completion of both will find you in the proud uniform of a Volunteer-In-Parks, recounting the rich histories of the people of Hampton.

You may contact the Volunteer Office either by e-mail: Volunteer Coordinator, or telephone: [phone], x211.

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Volunteers helping visitors. Click to view Highlights of our Volunteers.

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INTERPRETATION AND EDUCATION

Visitor Services Volunteer
Volunteering in interpretation and education provides the opportunity to share your love of history and introduce visitors and students from all walks of life to the stories of Hampton. Help visitors to connect with the rich history of the Ridgely plantation by conducting tours of the Quarters of the Enslaved, Overseer’s House, gardens, grounds, and the Georgian mansion. Volunteer interpreters staff the visitor center to welcome visitors and provide general information about the site, its history, and resources. As we encourage more schoolchildren to visit Hampton, our volunteers will be crucial to the success of our educational program. By teaching students about Hampton’s history and providing kids with positive park experiences, volunteers can help to foster among those children a sense of stewardship for our National Parks.

Working Conditions:
Work is both indoors and outdoors. Volunteers should be prepared for wide extremes in weather. In summer it can get very hot and humid, with highs averaging between 90 and 98 degrees, and in winter it can be very cold and blustery, with highs averaging between 38 degrees and freezing! Hours of walking and standing are often required. Bending and light lifting may be required!

Requirements:
A willingness to engage in public speaking is a must! Our volunteers are required to donate at least eight (8) hours of time a month, generally over the course of two days. Volunteers are needed for weekdays and weekends.

 

MAINTENANCE

With the mansion, Hampton Hall, as its centerpiece, Hampton National Historic Site is home to several historic buildings. Maintenance volunteers with skills in light carpentry or painting help our staff to preserve these structures.

Working Conditions:
Work is both indoor and outdoor in nature. Volunteers should be prepared for wide extremes in weather - in the summer it can get very hot and humid, averaging between 90 and 98 degrees, and in the winter, it can be very cold and blustery, averaging between 38 degrees and freezing! Bending and light lifting may be required.

Requirements:
Our volunteers are required to donate eight (8) hours of time a month, generally over the course of two days. Volunteers are needed for weekdays.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Natural Resources Volunteer
With 62 acres of natural landscape and a series of formal gardens, the grounds of Hampton provide visitors with the opportunity to experience 200 years of evolution in garden history by simply enjoying a quiet walk around the grounds. Preserving this landscape is the responsibility of our Resource Management team, but this cannot be accomplished without the dedication of our volunteers. Volunteers are invited to help maintain the gardens and assist with invasive plant management.

Cultural Resources Volunteer
Hampton's museum collections of 18th and 19th century fine and decorative arts are nationally renowned. Volunteers are needed to assist with a range of related curatorial tasks including seasonal changes in period rooms, annual inventory, and collections cataloging.

Working Conditions:
For Natural Resources Volunteers, work is primarily outdoors in nature. Volunteers should be prepared for wide extremes in weather - in the summer it can get very hot and humid, averaging between 90 and 98 degrees, and in the winter, it can be very cold and blustery, averaging between 38 degrees and freezing. For both Natural and Cultural Resources Volunteers, hours of standing and bending and light lifting may be required.

Requirements
Our volunteers are required to donate eight (8) hours of time a month, generally over the course of two days. Volunteers are needed for weekdays.