Museum Guardians provide service to museum visitors, offer information, and monitor the safety of exhibits, artifacts and the building. Guardians often work with staff on other tasks. Guardians should be friendly, helpful and have the ability to walk throughout the museum periodically. Most guardians commit to one afternoon a month. Research Assistants help genealogists, scholars, and students use the Library and Archives for research.
Research assistants require creativity, good organizational skills, and a willingness to learn.
They locate resources and assist the librarian with special projects such as xeroxing, mailings, and more. Work schedules are flexible. Scheduling is flexible. Newsletter Writers help produce the Society's Goodhue County Historical News. They serve on the newsletter committee, help select topics for each issue and write articles Work on the newsletter requires creativity, an interest in history and good writing skills.