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4 people are interested
Spring Family Fun Day
ORGANIZATION: Hoboken Historical Museum
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4 people are interested
We need volunteers to help set up and facilitate an afternoon of free, family-friendly crafts, games and entertainment hosted in the covered walkway area outside the Hoboken Museum entrance. Our Director will demonstrate what’s involved; crafts and games change from year to year. Volunteers help make sure guests understand how to do the craft or game, and keep craft supplies replenished. They also greet incoming guests and give them directions to the various tables where the activities are taking place. At two points during the 12-4pm hours, they suggest that guests stop and enjoy a performance by local musician. After 4 pm, volunteers assist the director in gathering up leftover supplies, folding up tables and chairs, and cleaning up the area. We typically welcome dozens of families to the event-just about right for our available seats and materials.
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About Hoboken Historical Museum
Location:
1301 HUDSON STreet, PO Box 3296, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030, US
Mission Statement
The Hoboken Historical Museum advances the understanding and exploration of Hoboken history, culture, and architecture. The Museum educates by collecting, preserving, and interpreting artifacts and oral histories, both historic and contemporary, that reflect the life of the city. The Museum documents Hoboken’s physical and cultural heritage, which has local, regional, and national significance. The Museum collaborates with other organizations with similar interests, while maintaining permanent space(s) suitable to the Museum’s mission. Through this, the Museum serves the people of the city of Hoboken and all those who enjoy its history and culture.
Description
The Hoboken Historical Museum (est. 1986) collects and displays artifacts in themed exhibitions on Hoboken history and offers educational programs, lectures, tours and hosts films and plays. We are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Recent exhibits have included a focus on Hoboken's relationship with the Hudson River and its role as a sweets producer. Other exhibits included shipping history, an anniversary of the movie "On the Waterfront," the city's contributions to the world of music, and its struggle and revival through the 1970s. Our upper gallery space features six local artists' work per year.
We are open six days a week in a 2,000-square-foot space in one of the oldest buildings on Hoboken's waterfront, the former Bethlehem Steel machine shop, now known as the Shipyard.
We also publish books and walking-tour maps, as well as a series of oral history chapbooks documenting the diverse communities of Hoboken's recent past. Each exhibit offers a tailored curriculum for local schools and groups of youngsters.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1301 Hudson St.Hoboken, NJ 07030
DATE POSTED
June 5, 2019
SKILLS
- Child Care
- Child Development
GOOD FOR
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 15
- 2-3 hours
- Must enjoy working with the public, be cheerful and welcoming, and be able to follow directions on simple crafts and demonstrate them to others.