HISTORICAL SOCIETY News: With tourist season in full swing, the Los Alamos Historical Society and Museum are seeking new volunteers for a variety of positions.
A training session focusing on the community’s history and historic district will be offered 4-5 p.m. on four Tuesdays, Oct.1, 8, 15 and 22. Participants will gather at 4 p.m. in the lobby of Fuller Lodge each Tuesday.
The training includes engaging discussions on Los Alamos, covering the Homestead Era on the Pajarito Plateau, the Los Alamos Ranch School, the Manhattan Project and postwar Los Alamos. There also is an emphasis on visitor engagement and customer service throughout. Training is open to the public, registration is not required, and anyone high school age and older is encouraged to attend.
The training sessions are part of the Historical Society’s volunteer certification program, where volunteers are trained to serve in the Museum Shop and the historic Hans Bethe House, as tour guides, or as guides to the Homestead Era Romero Cabin.
Docents in the Los Alamos History Museum work one to four shifts a month; shifts are two or four hours. Tasks can include greeting and orienting visitors, answering questions about Los Alamos history and the community, or making sales in the Museum Shop. Hans Bethe House docents help visitors understand the community’s post-war history through the Harold Agnew Cold War Gallery. Romero Cabin docents share the community’s homestead history with visitors. Tour guides lead visitors on 1.5-hour tours featuring a stop inside the Homestead Era Romero Cabin, a visit to an Ancestral Pueblo site, and stories about the giants of 20th century physics who walked the streets during the Manhattan Project as well as postwar Los Alamos.
Volunteers are needed for all positions.
For more information, call Volunteer Coordinator and Museum Shop Manager Todd Nickols at 505.695.5250 or email museumshop@losalamoshistory.org.