Join Our Team
Be part of the team helping preserve, share, and celebrate Collin County’s history! The Collin County History Museum offers a variety of non-paid service and leadership opportunities for individuals who want to use their skills, experience, and passion to make a meaningful impact in our community.
From board and leadership roles to specialized volunteer opportunities, there are many ways to contribute your talents while helping the museum grow and serve future generations.
Explore our current opportunities below and find your place on the CCHM team!
From board and leadership roles to specialized volunteer opportunities, there are many ways to contribute your talents while helping the museum grow and serve future generations.
Explore our current opportunities below and find your place on the CCHM team!
Board Treasurer
The Collin County History Museum is seeking a dedicated, community-minded professional to join our Board of Directors as Treasurer.
This volunteer leadership opportunity is ideal for someone who wants to use their financial knowledge and professional experience to make a meaningful impact in the community. As Treasurer, you’ll help support the museum’s financial stewardship, contribute to its continued growth, and play an important role in preserving and sharing Collin County’s history for generations to come.
About the Role
The Treasurer works collaboratively with museum leadership and fellow Board members to provide financial oversight, support responsible planning and decision-making, and help ensure transparency and accountability in the museum’s financial operations.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate:
Previous nonprofit board experience is helpful, but not required.
Interested in Joining Our Team?
Please send your resume and a brief statement of interest to [email protected].
This volunteer leadership opportunity is ideal for someone who wants to use their financial knowledge and professional experience to make a meaningful impact in the community. As Treasurer, you’ll help support the museum’s financial stewardship, contribute to its continued growth, and play an important role in preserving and sharing Collin County’s history for generations to come.
About the Role
The Treasurer works collaboratively with museum leadership and fellow Board members to provide financial oversight, support responsible planning and decision-making, and help ensure transparency and accountability in the museum’s financial operations.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate:
- Has experience or a strong working knowledge of finance, accounting, bookkeeping, or financial management
- Is comfortable reviewing budgets, financial statements, and financial reports
- Is organized, detail-oriented, and committed to responsible financial stewardship and transparency
- Enjoys collaborating with museum leadership and fellow Board members
- Is able to attend Board meetings and actively participate in museum governance
- Has a genuine interest in supporting the Collin County History Museum and its mission
Previous nonprofit board experience is helpful, but not required.
Interested in Joining Our Team?
Please send your resume and a brief statement of interest to [email protected].
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Research Assistant
The Collin County History Museum is seeking a curious, detail-oriented volunteer to join our team as a Museum Research Assistant.
This volunteer opportunity is ideal for someone who loves research, history, genealogy, solving mysteries, and helping others discover connections to the past. As a Research Assistant, you’ll help respond to research requests from the community, explore the museum’s archives and collections, and assist visitors who are looking for information about Collin County people, families, properties, businesses, buildings, and local history.
About the Role
The Museum Research Assistant helps investigate community research requests using a variety of resources, including the museum’s Research Room and archives, PastPerfect collections database, historical records, online resources, and appropriate AI-assisted research tools.
Research requests may come in throughout the week, and we would especially love someone who can spend time at the museum during our public hours on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 AM–5 PM to assist visitors with research in person.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate:
Experience with PastPerfect is a bonus, but not required—we can train you! Professional museum or archival experience is also not required. General research experience, strong computer skills, curiosity, and attention to detail are what matter most.
Interested in Joining Our Team?
Please send your resume and a brief statement of interest to [email protected].
This volunteer opportunity is ideal for someone who loves research, history, genealogy, solving mysteries, and helping others discover connections to the past. As a Research Assistant, you’ll help respond to research requests from the community, explore the museum’s archives and collections, and assist visitors who are looking for information about Collin County people, families, properties, businesses, buildings, and local history.
About the Role
The Museum Research Assistant helps investigate community research requests using a variety of resources, including the museum’s Research Room and archives, PastPerfect collections database, historical records, online resources, and appropriate AI-assisted research tools.
Research requests may come in throughout the week, and we would especially love someone who can spend time at the museum during our public hours on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 AM–5 PM to assist visitors with research in person.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate:
- Enjoys researching, investigating questions, and finding information
- Is organized, detail-oriented, curious, and comfortable working independently
- Is comfortable using computers, databases, online research tools, and emerging technologies such as AI
- Can review information from multiple sources and clearly document research findings
- Enjoys helping people and would be comfortable assisting visitors in the museum’s Research Room
- Has an interest in history, genealogy, museums, archives, libraries, or local history
- Is willing to learn the museum’s collections, resources, and research procedures
Experience with PastPerfect is a bonus, but not required—we can train you! Professional museum or archival experience is also not required. General research experience, strong computer skills, curiosity, and attention to detail are what matter most.
Interested in Joining Our Team?
Please send your resume and a brief statement of interest to [email protected].
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