2026 Millbrook Village Volunteer

Volunteers will be working in close coordination with park staff on job and duties for the park to explain the historical and cultural significance of Millbrook Village to the public. Duties may include:

• Provide short tours of the structures and village grounds. 

• Possibly appear in social media showcasing the skills and activities at Millbrook Village. 

• General maintenance of exterior and interior of buildings. 

• Landscaping and gardening as needed. 

• Jobs may include helping to clean and catalog items in the village for record keeping, demonstration use of historic tools and devices.  

• Discuss and explain the role of a wheelwright and or a woodworker in a rural 19th century village using period tools such as a traveler, knives, chisels, hammers, and wood working tools.

• Teaching and performing weaving and spinning skills.

Hours of work will be recorded and provided to the park monthly. All work will be done per NPS rules and regulations and with park staff approval. Volunteers will be identified by wearing park issued uniform items or period costumes.

The National Park Service policy on the ethical conduct and responsibilities of employees also applies, apart from restrictions on outside employment, to our volunteers. It is our policy and expectation that all employees and volunteers will maintain especially high standards of honesty, impartiality, character, and conduct to ensure the proper performance of Government business and the continual trust and confidence of the citizens of the United States. The Service prohibits workplace harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, reprisal, sex (whether or not of a sexual nature) or sexual orientation, and genetic information.