Every year the United States Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC) accomplishes its mission with the aid of its talented volunteers. Volunteers perform duties in the archives, libraries, and museum, support our patron service activities, and help with events. The USAHEC appreciates the valuable service our volunteers perform!
Please read below for different volunteer opportunities at the USAHEC. Click Here to download an application. Contact usarmy.carlisle.awc.mbx.ahec-ves@army.mil for questions.
Docent volunteers are one of the USAHEC's most important public-facing aspects. Our docents act as tour guides in the Visitor and Education Center and outside on the -Army Heritage Trail, and help visitors find their way around the USAHEC campus.
Assist the USAHEC with a wide variety of research, processing, archival, and general tasks. Tasks include supporting research assistance, processing collections, translating book and pamphlet titles, producing bibliographies, creating archival metadata, and rehousing fragile books and pamphlets. Duties will be wide ranging, but volunteers are normally expected to specialize in at least one long-term project at a time.
Conduct historical research for the Army Heritage Museum as it prepares new exhibits for both the indoor galleries and the venues on the Army Heritage Trail. Tasks include using the USAHEC resources to locate Soldier stories that include a good service history, photo(s) of the Soldier/Unit and any archival material such as letters, diaries or other primary sources that detail the Soldiers service and experiences. In some instances, the volunteer may be asked to prepare a rough draft of the Soldier story.
Assist the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center with a wide variety of research, processing, archival, and general tasks. Tasks include supporting research assistance, processing and inventorying archival collections, producing finding aids, and creating archival metadata. Duties will be wide-ranging, but volunteers are normally expected to specialize in at least one long-term project at a time.
This position would help with educational programming and public events on an as needed basis. Duties may include assisting with the planning, preparation, registration, and execution of USAHEC events. Events include, but are not limited to, commemorative programs, ceremonies, and after-hour events.
This position assists USAHEC staff with conducting inventories and taking photographs of artifacts/artwork, and the general curation and care of the collection. This may include the "macro" artifacts located on the Army Heritage Trail (AHT) as well as the original but non-historic materials displayed in AHT exhibits.
Assist the USAHEC with a wide variety of research, processing, archival, and general tasks. Tasks include supporting research assistance, processing periodical and newspaper collections, reviewing microfilm periodicals, translating book and pamphlet titles, and creating content descriptions according to a translation worksheet. Duties will be wide-ranging, but volunteers are normally expected to specialize in at least one long-term project at a time.
This is routine work involving cleaning Plexiglas, sweeping the floors of outdoor exhibits, making beds in the WWII section of the Army Heritage Trail, painting, weeding and all-around care of the exhibits on the Army Heritage Trail.
There are several ongoing long and short term projects at the USAHEC. This position would help with these on an as needed basis and is subject to change. Please inquire for more information.