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We received an IMLS Museums for America Collections Stewardship Grant which we began work on in October 2013. For a Volunteer/Internship Position Job Description for the grant work on the Museum Collection,
Find the Museum Docent/Tour Guide Job Description on this page.
STEP BACK INTO THE 1950s WITH US
The 1950s Park Forest House Museum Needs Volunteers!!!
Help us keep this gem open!
Hours: Wednesday and Saturday, 1:00-3:30 (when we can cover the hours). Tours by appointment at other times.
Join our Museum volunteers! Call Jane Nicoll, 708-481-4252 to be trained!
Come exchange stories about your youth. Spend time surrounded by familiar toys, dolls, and household furnishings.
It's really fun to show the museum! - The Museum is not just about Park Forest History!
It interprets an original home furnished as it might have been from 1948-1953. We have dolls, toys, books, clothing, galoshes, holiday decorations, a classroom from Forest Boulevard School, artwork from Park Forest artists, cloth diapers, a wringer washer, a bathinette and more!
When is the last time you said, "Hi" to Howdy Doody?
Volunteering means taking a turn every once in a while, giving tours to folks who come during regular hours. We also need people who can open for appointments, or help with tour groups. We book group tours during the week, and sometimes have last minute calls for out of town visitors.
We have a small corps of volunteers. We must have more to remain open! Volunteer with you neighbor, best friend, sibling, child, grandchild, or spouse.
Please come give this a try! We will train you.
We accept students who need community service hours. Contact Jane Nicoll, Director via email.
Other Volunteers We Need at the Museum
- We need people to help clean--light dusting of furniture and vacuuming, shaking out of rugs.
- People are needed to help decorate for the seasons or for the holidays, and to help pack the decorations away.
- When the IMLS grant ends, September 2015, we will still be labeling items and entering the collection into a PastPerfect database.
