Boston’s Gibson House Museum Seeks Board Members and Volunteers Job at Gibson House Museum, Boston, MA

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  • Gibson House Museum
  • Boston, MA

Job Description

Do you love house museums? Do you care deeply about historic preservation? Are you interested in 19th- and early-20th-century Boston history? If so, please consider joining us at the Gibson House Museum, the historic house museum of Boston's Back Bay.

We are seeking experienced, enthusiastic people to serve on our Board of Directors or to volunteer on a committee. We are an active, dedicated, and collegial group who work together and with staff to preserve and promote the house, its history, and its collections. Board members meet monthly and we also serve on committees.

We are seeking candidates with any of the following experience and interests:

  • Development: membership, donor relationships, fundraising, grant-writing
  • Event and program planning (annual benefit party and other events)
  • Finance/accounting
  • Human resources/volunteer recruiting
  • Museums (house or history museum experience especially!)
  • Back Bay or nearby residents interested in networking and community-building

This is an excellent opportunity to become involved with an established nonprofit that serves a wide audience, from students and scholars to neighbors and international visitors.

Board meetings are held at 5:45 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month. Committee meetings are scheduled as needed around members’ schedules. Board members serve for three-year terms with no limits. We currently seek members to serve on our Finance, Development, Literary, HR, Benefit, and Program Committees.

Check us out at thegibsonhouse.org, on Instagram and Facebook, and our blog.

How to Apply

Please send your resume/CV and a letter expressing your interest to info@thegibsonhouse.org

Feel free to contact us with questions. Thank you! We look forward to hearing from you.

About the Gibson House Museum

137 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116

The Gibson House Museum is a private, nonprofit house museum in Boston's historic Back Bay neighborhood. It was home to three generations of Gibson family members and their household staff between 1859 and 1954. The Museum’s four floors of period rooms, including the original kitchen, are a time capsule of domestic life in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Visitors experience the house through guided tours that interpret class and culture through the stories and objects of the people who lived and worked there.

The museum exists because of the vision of Charlie Gibson, Jr., a poet, horticulturist, and notable Boston character. A gay man, Charlie never married nor had children. Beginning in 1936, he decided to preserve his home as a monument to his family’s legacy and to the Boston of his youth. The Gibson House officially opened to the public as a museum in 1957 and has been open ever since.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Gibson House Museum is to serve as the primary resource for understanding and interpreting life in Boston’s Back Bay. The Museum accomplishes this by:

  • Preserving the row house and its collections,
  • Exhibiting and interpreting the house in its urban context to provide education and enjoyment to the broadest possible audience, and
  • Promoting knowledge of Back Bay history and material culture.

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