Apply to Become a School Tour Docent at Gunston Hall

Interested in bringing history to life for children? Apply to become a volunteer docent for school tours at Gunston Hall!

Volunteer docents at Gunston Hall give tours of the historic site to thousands of school students every year, and teach them about George Mason and his ideas in the Virginia Declaration of Rights, about the many people who lived here in the past, including enslaved people, the Mason family, and indentured servants, and about Virginia in the 18th century.

Interested individuals must apply at the following link: https://bit.ly/GHvol

Applicants will receive a follow up email to set up a time to meet staff for an interview.

Accepted docents commit to attending 11 training sessions from 9am-1pm on Wednesdays between November and February. Docents who have completed training are asked to commit to be available for a minimum of 2 school tours per month.

You must be 21 or older to be a docent.

Applications are reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis, but if you'd like to apply in time to complete training and begin volunteering as a docent in the 2025-2026 school year, you should apply no later than October 24th, 2025.