Needs From: Volunteer Memphis

The Memphis Museums of Science & History 's Education Department is hosting

"TN. STEAM Festival" at the Pink Palace Museum the weeks of Oct 22-24 and 29-31. 

The TN. STEAM Festival brings science, technology, engineering, art, and math to life at events across the state!   In conjunction with the Tennessee Festival, the MoSH/ Pink Palace will be offering STEAM activities for school groups on October 22,23,24th and October 29, 30.31st.  

Students can participate in hands on steam- based activities with different community partners each day.   MoSH needs volunteers to make this the best TN. STEAM FEST in the West TN area.

Volunteers will assist community partners with tabletop activities, vendor check in, directing teachers and students around the event, staff easy hands-on science-based activities tables, help with school group lunch time rotations, and daily break down.

Volunteer dates are October 22-24 ad October 29-31

Volunteers can sign up for 8:30am-12:00 and/or 11:00am-2:30pm. Please indicate the date you would like to volunteer when you sign up.

If you would like to volunteer, or if you need more information, please contact Janie Best Paraham at the email address below.

Thank you,

Janie Best Paraham

janie.paraham@memphistn.gov

MoSH/ Pink Palace Museum

VOLUNTEER FOR THE PINK PALACE CRAFTS FAIR      

 September 26-28, 2025    

    The fair will take place rain or shine, so please dress for the weather

Join us for the 53rd Annual Pink Palace Crafts Fair benefitting MoSH, the Memphis Museums of Science & History. With nearly 160 artists from around the country joining us this year, the 2025 Pink Palace Crafts Fair may be our best ever. You'll find pottery, jewelry, painting, woodwork, leatherwork, sculpture, and woven goods. Enjoy craft demonstrations, live music, kid's activities, and the petting zoo.  Have you ever wondered how it all happens? It takes hundreds of volunteers to make it successful... and you could be one of those people!! Volunteers are needed for just about everything. Please join us Friday and Saturday, September 26-27, 2025, from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm and Sunday, September 28, 2025, from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Volunteer below to make this our best year yet!  Please arrive 15 minutes before your assigned time. Use the link below to sign up for volunteer positions. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Janie Best Paraham at janie.paraham@memphistn.gov or 901.636.2438.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A4BA4A829A4FB6-the50th#/

Crafts Fair Location /Audubon Park, open-air venue.

The fair is located on the corner of Southern and Perkins Extended across the street from Theatre Memphis (630 Perkins Extended)                        

Overcoming Hateful Things: Stories from the Jim Crow South Museum of Racists Imagery.

Volunteers are needed to assist visitors navigate this very important exhibit at the Pink Palace Museum. Volunteers will assist visitors as they navigate their way through the exhibit by providing information upon entering the exhibit, answering questions about the exhibit and its interactive components, and assisting the exhibit staff by collecting written response from the reflective wall and monitoring the word wall. Volunteers will have a short training prior to volunteering and also have written material to study. 

Volunteers are needed Tuesday- Sunday, 10:00am-2:00pm. Hours may vary depending on school group visitors to the museum. Volunteers are asked to sign up for 4 weeks at a time for at least one day each week.

For more information, please contact Janie Best Paraham at janie.paraham@memphistn.gov or 901.636.2438