See How You Can Volunteer At Our Museum

Volunteering at Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum offers a unique opportunity to give your time and talents to a living history site while enhancing your own museum experience. Volunteers receive appropriate job training, guest passes, Museum Store discounts, and well-deserved recognition. Volunteers contribute to various aspects of the museum and play a vital role in advancing its mission. We offer exclusive staff workshops, annual guest passes, and recognition events.

To respond, print out the volunteer questionnaire, fill it out by hand, and mail it back to us OR fill out the form below and hit submit and someone will review your information and be in touch!

Return the questionnaire by mail to:

Volunteer Coordinator
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum
2451 Kissel Hill Rd.
Lancaster, PA 17601

Download Volunteer Questionnaire Form Digitially Submit Volunteer Questionnaire Form

Apply For Our Open Museum Volunteer Opportunities

Explore the volunteer positions below and contact our Volunteer Coordinator for more details.

Museum Guide – Learn about the history of the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum and Pennsylvania German culture and interpret our story for visitors.
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum Store – 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 the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum! Your special talent or interest may be a great fit with the Museum

Please Note: All positions mentioned are not always available.

Current Volunteer Needs

Gardener – Heirloom 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. You’ll stock sales items, interact with customers, ring up sales, and work as a team.
Requires: Once a week, any day but Wednesday.