Midway Village: Volunteer in Collections Dept, Textiles Department, or Workshop

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ORGANIZATION: MIDWAY VILLAGE MUSEUM

Midway Village Museum
Since 1974 Midway Village Museum has been collecting artifacts and documents that record Rockford history. Today the Museum’s collection contains approximately 150,000 objects which are used for exhibits, educational programs, and research.

Join us on Wednesday mornings for a brief volunteer meeting, followed by a morning work session in our Collections Dept, Textiles Department, or Workshop.

  • Help us preserve a bit of the past! Opportunities exist for you to care for, conserve and catalog real artifacts.
  • Avid readers may spend time in our library and archives area, doing research for new exhibits, or doing historical requests.
  • Handy? Try our workshop, our carpenters are always hard at work.
  • Creative and colorful? Whether its painting art, graphics, or exhibits, we could use your talent.
  • Have a special love of fabric arts? We could use you in Textile Care, Conservation and Research.

To volunteer contact:

Laura Furman, Chief Curator
Midway Village Museum
815.397.9112, ext. 108
Laura.Furman@midwayvillage.com

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About MIDWAY VILLAGE MUSEUM

Location:

6799 GUILFORD RD, ROCKFORD, IL 61107, US

Mission Statement

Our Mission Midway Village Museum, the best institution for collecting, preserving and interpreting the history of the Rockford region, is committed to educating and enriching our community by providing state-of-the-art exhibits, programs and events. Our Vision Midway Village Museum will be the primary institution where Rockford’s diverse citizens gather to understand their community’s past and to discuss the challenges of the future.

Description

Welcome to the award-winning Midway Village Museum! The museum campus sits on a 148-acre campus conveniently located near I-90 in Rockford, Illinois. The museum is comfortably nestled among trees to create a beautiful ambiance at any time of the year. Our Victorian-era Village and Main Museum Center are centrally located on the campus within walking distance of each other.

CAUSE AREAS

Arts & Culture
Community
Education & Literacy
Arts & Culture, Community, Education & Literacy

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

6799 Guilford Rd.Rockford, IL 61107

(42.280357,-88.98465)
 

SKILLS

GOOD FOR

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REQUIREMENTS

  • 3-4 hours per week or as available

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