Volunteer Opportunities

There is a lot that goes into interpreting and maintaining the Burnham Block historic site like being a docent, docent training, gardening, gift shop skills, cleaning, building maintenance, group tour coordination, fundraising, marketing, social media, service on our Board of Directors, newsletter publishing, restoration management, research, volunteer coordination, website, and more. Everything on the Burnham Block happens because our volunteers give so generously of their time. We invite you to consider volunteering some of your time to help make a difference on The Burnham Block. Help us inspire, interpret, and welcome all.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Burnham block has been protecting and restoring the buildings since 2004. This is a big responsibility for an organization of all volunteers. We depend heavily on the passion and dedication of volunteers who care deeply about our mission. As we continue to grow, our need for volunteer assistance also grows. Whether you have a day or two per year or several hours per week or per month, it is enough to make a difference. If you are interested in helping, we can find a way to match with your skills and availability with our needs. Please contact us at info@WrightInMilwaukee.org

Volunteer in our Gift Shop

If you have visited Burnham Block recently, you know there is a small Museum Shop on site and online. The shop carries specialty Frank Lloyd Wright Burnham Block branded gifts, books, and souvenirs. Soon the shop will move to a larger space on the block that will also double as our "Welcome Center".  Linda Cross, our current shop manager is ready to hand-off the shop to the next leader and volunteers.  If you have experience in the areas of merchandising, retail sales, online sales,  or inventory control and would like to volunteer, please contact Linda at info@WrightInMilwaukee.org


Green Thumb? 

The Burnham Block strives to create a historic landscape as the backdrop for the largest collection of  Frank Lloyd Wright designed homes on a single site.  Suellen Brahm, oversees our landscapeing.  If you have gardening experience and would like to share your talents with the thousdands of people that visit the Burnham Block each year, then this is the place for you. Please talk with Suellen about contributing time for special landscape projects or weekly tasks like watering or deadheading. Please contact Suellen  at info@WrightInMilwaukee.org.  

Docent

Welcome guests from all over the world to The Burnham Block! Docents tell the story of Frank Lloyd Wright's Burnham Block and interpret the homes on the block to visitors of all ages. Docents receive training, reference materials, and a mentor.

Marketing Wiz!

Help us share the Burnham Block to a wide audience. Share your creative self by bringing the Burnham Block to life for our online guests.

Building Maintenance

Our buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places, The Wisconsin Register and they comprise a Historic District in the City of Milwaukee. The buildings are part of the fabric and history of our nation. We need a wide variety of handperson skills to help us care for these special treasures.               

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