Volunteers

Babcock-Smith House Museum
124 Granite Street
Westerly, RI   02891
401-596-5704
bsh1734@verizon.net

Are you a Colonial history buff?  Or an antiques lover?  Or perhaps you've always wondered about the carved memorials that fill your local cemetery?  If so, we invite you to become a docent for the Babcock-Smith House Museum and indulge your curiosity while sharing what you learn!

Docents play a vital role in the support of the museum, both as public educators and historic researchers on behalf of the museum and its collections. 

Docents
Our non-profit Docents program was founded to support the museum in a variety of ways.  These include:

During the month of May we host all local fifth-graders.  They learn about the Babcock-Smith House and try their hands at various colonial crafts.

Our 2013 regular monthly meetings will be held on the first Monday of each month, unless that day happens to fall on a holiday weekend. In those months our meeting will be held on the second Monday of the month. Our "December" meeting will be held on the last Monday in November. Refreshments before each meeting start at 9:30 am, and the actual meeting starts at 10:00. The volunteer docents genuinely welcome new interested people who would like to become involved in helping to maintain Westerly's historic gem. If you are interested in joining or obtaining more information, call Jennifer Davis at 401.637.4115.

Docent Field Trip ~ 2011

Docents enjoyed a field trip to the Varnum House Museum in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.  This mansion was built in 1773 by James Mitchell Varnum, a lawyer who entered the Revolutionary War and served as one of General George Washington's Continental Army Brigadier Generals. Varnum was later Major General in command of the entire Rhode Island Militia. The museum is furnished with period furniture and features many historic artifacts

After the tour, docents enjoyed lunch at a nearby restaurant.

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