Volunteering time and skills at Landis Valley Museum will enhance the experience of the Museum visitor while providing a unique opportunity for a volunteer to give their time and talents to a living history site. Volunteers receive appropriate job training, guest passes, discounts to the Museum Store, and of course, well-deserved recognition!

You can help our historic site by working as a volunteer in the following positions:

• Museum Guide - Learn about the history of the Landis Valley Museum and Pennsylvania German culture and interpret our story for visitors.
• Weathervane Shop - Provide visitors with courteous assistance in our exceptional museum store, operate the cash register, and price merchandise.
• Heirloom Seed Project - Work in our historic gardens as well as sort and package seeds for our well-known seed preservation project.
• Office Support - Perform light office duties such as answering phones, doing data entry, mailing press releases, or other work as needed for special events.
• Farm Program - Assist with and care for a variety of historic breeds of farm animals, their pastures, fences, and help to maintain farm equipment.
• Curatorial Assistant - Work with museum collections, catalog items, arrange collections in storage, and perform data entry.
• Special Events - Enjoy the excitement on the grounds during our numerous special events throughout the year. Ticket sellers, security, maintenance, and food sales are just a few of the many positions available.
• Other Positions - Everyone has something to offer Landis Valley Museum! Your special talent or interest may be a great fit with the Museum

Current Volunteer Needs

• Gardener - Herloom Seed Project - Help Garden in the seed gardens
  Requires: Once a week
  
  
• Farmer Helper - Person needed to do any of the following: help feed livestock, maintain fencing, rebuild gates, rough carpentry, prune fruit trees, etc.
  Requires: once a week to twice a month, more or less seasonally
  
  
• Museum Store Salesperson - Help staff our museum store known as the Weathervane. Help to stock sales items, interact with customers, ring up sales, work as a team.
  Requires: Once a week, any day but Wednesday.
  
  

For more information, contact Our Volunteer Coordinator by EMAILL or Phone: 717.581.0592