LAHS News:With tourist season in full swing, the Los Alamos Historical Society and Museum are seeking new volunteers for a variety of positions.
Training will begin with an introduction session 1-2 p.m., Monday, June 12. A training session focusing on the community’s history and historic district will be offered 1-5 p.m. Thursday, June 15. Both sessions will be in the Nambe Room, upstairs in the west wing of Fuller Lodge.
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 above is encouraged to attend.
The training sessions are part of the Historical Society’s volunteer certification program in which volunteers are trained to work in the Museum Shop and the historic Hans Bethe House, become tour guides, or act as docents in the homestead-era Romero Cabin. More information on how to become a fully certified volunteer will be available at the June 12 meeting.
Docents in the Los Alamos History Museum work one to four shifts a month; shifts are two or four hours. Tasks include greeting and orienting visitors, answering questions about Los Alamos history and the community, and 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 20 th century physics who were here 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 e-mail museumshop@losalamoshistory.org.
