EarlyWorks Museum Complex is a unique creative environment that allows you to play while you work! Our flexible scheduling and special volunteer opportunities offer a variety of fun and learning for adults, youth (14-18) and families.

Volunteers needed: Daily support at all 3 sites.

We offer numerous volunteer opportunities for students, adults, families and groups.  You will have the chance to interact with visitors of all ages and help assist staff at one or all of our three sites.  EarlyWorks Museum Complex is a unique creative environment that allows volunteers to play while they work! We welcome all volunteers ages 14 and up, we ask that anyone younger than 14yrs come with a chaperone.

EarlyWorks Children’s Museum

•    Guides to supplement tour guides during peak seasons (fall & spring)
•    Saturday Birthday Parties
•    Role playing… characters in the General Store and Keel Boat (year round)
•    Storytellers (year round)
•    Programs
•    Gardeners
•    Preschool Program
•    Historical characters – Harriet Tubman, Tuskegee airman, Patrick Henry, Betsey Ross, etc.
•    Sleepovers
•    Super Saturdays (summers)

Historic Huntsville Depot

•    Historical characters – marching soldier, General Mitchell, Clara Barton
•    Polar Express – crafts, snacks
•    Birthday parties
•    Sleepovers
•    Super Saturdays (summers)
•    Gardeners (seasonal)

Alabama Constitution Village

•    Quilting (year round)
•    Calligraphers (year round)
•    Candle dipping (seasonal)
•    Basket making (year round)
•    Story telling (year round)
•    Wool dying (seasonal)
•    Shop – Folklife and Santa’s Village
•    Coffee shop – Folklife and Santa’s Village
•    Santa’s Village – crafts, snacks, storytellers, substitute tour leaders
•    Super Saturdays (summers)
•    Gardeners (seasonal)
•    Interior Decorators (seasonal)
•    Santa’s Village (December)
•    Folk Life Festival (April)
•    Santa’s Village daytime – crafts, snacks, storytellers, substitute tour leaders
•    Santa’s Village

Volunteer Benefits

• Training to learn new skills/enhance existing skills

• Letters of confirmation or support

• Opportunity to make a difference in the life of a child!

• One free family or grandparent membership after 45 hours of volunteer service within 3 months

• 10% discount in all museum store

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator- 564.8119 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . (Please provide name, phone number, email address, area of interest and any special skills.)