There is no paid director and no head office - just neighbours who give their evenings, weekends and summers to North Queens history.
Most of the Society's work happens around the table in the Heritage House: sorting donations, answering letters, planning the next BBQ.
The board is elected each spring at the Annual General Meeting. Committees take on the day-to-day work, and each summer one or two students join us to open the house to visitors and help with the archive.
If you have an hour a month or a day a week, there is a place for you here.
Join the TeamDemo names Names and bios below are placeholders until the current board is confirmed.
Chairs the board and represents the Society in the community. Fourth-generation North Queens.
Leads building and grounds - the roof, the porch and the long list of jobs an 1854 house generates.
Keeps the minutes, the membership list and the Society's correspondence in order.
Manages the books, grant reporting and charitable receipts.
Accessions new donations, plans each season's displays and cares for the artefacts.
Answers research enquiries from around the world and oversees digitization of the paper record.
Runs the BBQs, yard sales, raffles and the annual calendar.
Liaison with the Region of Queens and other heritage groups on the South Shore.
Each committee is open to any member who wants to help. Let us know which one catches your eye.
Each season, student heritage interpreters welcome visitors, lead tours of the period rooms and help with archive projects. Positions depend on grant funding and are posted each spring.
Student & Seasonal JobsWelcomes visitors, leads tours of the period rooms and helps with the day-to-day running of the museum, June to September.
Scans photographs and documents, transcribes registers and helps build the searchable catalogue.
Recent projects have been made possible by the people and organizations below, along with every family who has trusted us with a photograph, a ledger or a story.