Volunteer Opportunities

Lend a hand

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Vizcaya’s Volunteer Greeters and Guides serve as ambassadors, promoting awareness of Vizcaya Museum and Gardens as an enduring, inclusive and innovative place that inspires people to embrace the cultural vitality and environmental sustainability of the world around us.

Greeters

Interested and potential Guides are invited to serve as Greeters. Greeters welcome visitors to Vizcaya upon arrival to the house, answer basic questions, explain how they can spend their time during their visit, orient visitors as they begin an audio tour experience, and suggest ways to help preserve Vizcaya’s collections while visiting the house. The Greeter program offers the opportunity for individuals to pursue additional training to transition to Active Vizcaya Volunteer Guides.

Guides

All Guides support and advance Vizcaya Museum and Gardens’ mission, core values, and educational philosophy by conducting tours and providing engagement with the public. Vizcaya Volunteer Guides act as interpreters of the museum’s house, gardens and collections by giving visitors a deeper understanding and appreciation of the museum through dialogue and inquiry.

How to apply

Applications for Guides and Greeters are open. If you’d like to apply, please fill out the Volunteer Registration Form below.
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There are many opportunities to volunteer with Vizcaya’s team of horticulture experts.

Vizcaya’s Horticulture Volunteer Program is made possible in part thanks to the support of the Leo Rosner Foundation.

Schedule + Registration

Vizcaya welcomes volunteers every Thursday as well as on the first and third Wednesday and Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. – NOON, with events organized through HandsOn South Florida.

Please click below and enter Vizcaya as a keyword to see the full schedule and register.

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Volunteer Registration Form

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, please complete and submit this information form.

Name(Required)
Email(Required)
Address(Required)
Age Verification(Required)
Mark only one option.
What interests you about volunteering at Vizcaya? (Select all that apply)(Required)
What is your availability? (Check all the apply)
Did you attend a Volunteer Information Session?(Required)

Types of Volunteer Opportunities

Please indicate which volunteer opportunity interests you. (Check all that apply)
Guiding and Greeting | Check all opportunities of interest
Horticulture | Check all opportunities of interest

More About You

Are you fluent in English?(Required)
Indicate the language(s) in which you have average or above average proficiency. (Check all that apply)
What is your employment status? (Check all that apply)(Required)
What is your highest level of education? (This information is only used to help us capture for demographic data.)
Do you have regular access to email?(Required)
Are you proficient in Microsoft programs, such as Word or Excel?(Required)
By submitting this Volunteer Application, I attest that the information provided here is true and correct.(Required)

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is committed to equity and inclusion and is engaged in a strategic process to ensure that our staff, Board and volunteers reflect our community’s diversity. Vizcaya welcomes applicants from groups that are underrepresented in cultural organizations and seeks to recruit, develop and retain a diverse workforce.

 Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is an equal opportunity employer. Vizcaya respects people of all backgrounds and does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, familial status, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, status as a victim of domestic violence, dating violence or stalking, or other applicable legally protected characteristics protected by law.

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