Join our Volunteers
Our organization is operated almost entirely by our volunteer staff, and we are so appreciative and thankful! Their incredible dedication, time, and talents to preserve and promote the history of Derry Township and Hershey deserve our recognition.
Interested in volunteering at the Hershey History Center (HHC)?
Volunteers are a crucial and important part of HHC and we are always seeking individuals that are willing to work with the public, share their knowledge, their history, or put a skill to good use.
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Please send an email to: volunteers@hersheyhistory.org or complete the Application Form below if you are interested in learning more about volunteering with us.
Ways to Get Involved
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Museum volunteers keep the museum open and running smoothly each week working on reception, in the office, providing computer support, cleaning exhibits, building and grounds maintenance and more. Admin Volunteers: As HHC grows, so do our administrative needs.
Admin Volunteers: We have a variety of admin projects and positions, from a couple of hours a month to a couple of days a week. Good organization and basic computer skills are all you need! Training provided.
Project volunteers work on specific short and long term projects, usually at the museum but some can be done remotely from home. Scanning photographs, inventorying archives materials, database entry, oral history interviews and historical research are some examples.
Event volunteers work seasonally on in-house and external events such as our annual train show or Hershey Artfest. Volunteers help set up and clean up, greet visitors, register participants, direct traffic, stuff goody bags, make signs, to name a few.
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Internships
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Seeking Archives Assistant Interns and Collections Inventory Interns.
History, museum studies, education, business, marketing, digital communications, information technology, graphic design, photography, engineering and more. We are looking for motivated interns for mutually beneficial projects. Students will have opportunities to develop career readiness, apply their subject knowledge in a professional setting and make meaningful contributions to our nonprofit organization. Email the Volunteer Coordinator describing your subject area and what you hope to gain through an internship at the Hershey History Center.
Have you ever looked at an old photograph and wondered what lives the people in those photos led? If so, the project that Abigail, our new intern pictured above, is working on will be of interest! Abigail is a Graduate student in the History and Classical Studies Master's programs at Villanova, and is interning at HHC through the LePage Center. A transplant to the area, she is very excited to learn more about the incredible Hershey community. Right now, she is working on identifying and creating biographical excerpts for each student pictured in a 1905 image of Sunny Side School. Sunny Side School was one of 13 one room schoolhouses here in Derry Township. The photograph is on display here at HHC, and our hope is to be able to present these students as part of the exhibit to show what early 20th century life was like in our community! Extended biographical information will be available in family files for any who want more information on these students and their families. Abigail is working hard on getting these students ready for their debut, and we hope that you come visit them when the project is complete!