Volunteer Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us at Genesee Country Village & Museum!
Genesee Country Village & Museum involves many volunteers in dynamic and engaging opportunities and relies on volunteers to successfully assist in running many of our programs and events. In 2024, 190 volunteers logged over 10,600 hours! Thank you!
How can you get involved?
Special Events Support – Year-round opportunities with low commitment; volunteers receive a monthly email about upcoming roles involved with our special events and time commitment. Roles are often visitor-facing; greeting visitors as a way-finder, operating a check-in table, providing transportation to visitors on a golf cart, assisting at a craft station, and more!
Nature Center – Provide community education, help with trail maintenance, be a Nest Box Monitor, serve as a Visiting Expert for summer camp programs, or assist with Maple Sugar Production (January-March).
Food Servers – Assist food service during special events, scooping ice cream, working on a buffet line, or bussing tables, with direction and supervision from Food Service Staff.
Whistle Stop Bakery – Volunteers will assist staff in the Museum kitchen to prepare and bake the delicious treats for sale in the confectionary. Prior baking experience is not required but welcomed. These opportunities primarily occur Wednesday & Thursday between 9 AM – 4 PM.
Village Support – Support Village Interpreters in buildings. Opportunities include being trained for placement in a house or shorter coverage to keep buildings open during lunch breaks. Volunteers may assist with tasting samples or help guide flow of visitors on busy days. Mentoring and building information is provided but volunteer must be comfortable with public speaking.
Facilities Support – Working with the Facilities team on light repair work, painting, and general landscaping. These opportunities will primarily occur Monday-Friday earlier in the day.
Garden Care – Assisting the Gardening team with planting and weeding of historic gardens and pruning of orchards. These opportunities will primarily occur Monday-Friday earlier in the day.
Theatrical Productions – Volunteers may audition for seasonal theatrical tour productions. Spirits of the Past is our “spooky” tour running two weekends in October and Yuletide in the Country is our “holiday” tour running three weekends in December. Both productions have opportunities for scripted and improvisational scenes, non-speaking roles (including lighting crew). Auditions for 2025 Productions will happen on August 23, 2025. Please check back for more information in June.
(Please see below for limited Youth Volunteer Opportunities)
Flint Hill Dance Troupe
Do you enjoy dancing?
The Flint Hill Dance Troupe volunteers demonstrate 19th century dancing, focusing on the mid-century period. Dances are showcased in a professional manner, highlighting rural, or “country”, style. The dance troupe provides hands-on audience participation and teaching, as requested. While performing in period clothing, troupe attire is representative of the 1850-1860s, which correlates with the time period in which most of our dances were most popular.
Vintage Base ball
Do you enjoy base ball? Have you seen a game at the Silver Base Ball Park and wondered how you can get involved?
Vintage Base Ball volunteers welcome Men’s and Ladies teams to 19th century base ball playing in Silver Base Ball Park, the first and finest replica 19th century base ball park in the country. Teams carry on a long tradition of play in the 1860s—no gloves or other protective equipment, wooden bats and scoreboard, grand stands, bleachers, tally-keeper’s perch, and top-hatted umpires.
Youth Volunteers (under 18)
Become a Camp Assistant!
Camp Assistants get valuable youth leadership training, assisting with Spring and/or Summer Camp activities under mentorship of one of our experienced camp teachers.
Youth must be at least 15 years old (as of camp start) with energy and enthusiasm to learn how they can support campers at the Nature Center or Historic Village in a variety of activities. Previous camp attendance is encouraged but not required!
Questions? Email camp@gcv.org to reach our Camp Manager.
Be involved with our Theatrical Tours!
Youth (ages 12-18) can audition for seasonal theatrical tour productions. Spirits of the Past is our “spooky” tour running two weekends in October and Yuletide in the Country is our “holiday” tour running three weekends in December. Both productions have opportunities for scripted and improvisational scenes.
Auditions for 2025 Productions will happen on August 23, 2025. Please check back for more information in June.
Volunteer hours can be documented for school requirements!
Corporate Volunteers
Is your team looking for a day of Community Service?
In addition to hosting a United Way of Greater Rochester and Finger Lakes Day of Caring project site each spring, GCV&M welcomes opportunities for offices to come onsite for a few hours of community service. Projects will vary with the season and are dependent on availability but can involve grounds work or exterior painting with our Facilities department.
Please contact Volunteer Coordinator for more information!