Pennsylvania Trolley Museum to hold volunteer open house
WASHINGTON – The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum announced a volunteer open house will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 10. Prospective volunteers are invited to come learn about the many volunteer opportunities the museum offers. The open house will take no more than two hours.
Included will be a tour of the museum.
Volunteer opportunities include:
– Archives, assist Pennsylvania Trolley Museum archivist in cataloging and care of archive material.
– Docent, conduct museum tours. Training and uniform are required.
– Education, assist with school tours. Docents and operators are needed.
– Equipment, help repair and maintain the museum’s locomotives, forklifts, cranes and similar equipment. Experience with mechanical repairs is a plus.
– Grounds, assist in maintaining the museum grounds.
– Museum store, greet visitors, sell tickets and merchandise and answer telephones.
– Publicity, help with the marketing by distributing flyers and getting the word out.
– Power and signal, assist in construction and maintenance of the overhead wire and signal systems.
– Professional services, assist in accounting, engineering, legal, building design and construction management.
– Special events, assist with decorating or setting up the grounds before events, help park cars, sell tickets, assist visitors, etc.
– Trolley car maintenance and restoration, assist in the restoration and maintenance of the trolley car fleet.
– Trolley operator, operate the cars over the trolley line, Uniform, training and voting membership are required.
– Way and track, assist in construction of new track and maintenance of the existing track.
The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s mission is to preserve and interpret Pennsylvania’s Trolley Era – an exciting time in American history.
The museum’s collection has grown to almost 50 trolley cars and two miles of operating trolley line.
It is the strong support from the community, particularly from its volunteers, that have made this possible.
During 2006, approximately 150 people donated almost 29,000 hours to the museum from all walks of life. The museum is now involved in a dramatic and exciting expansion program.
Tours of the new 28,000-square-foot Trolley Display Building are being given and have greatly enhanced the visitor experience that will attract even more visitors.
More information about the museum can be found on the Web site at www.pa-trolley.org.
Reservations for the open house are suggested by e-mail at vsm@pa-trolley.org or by calling 724-228-9256.