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Classes and Workshops

Volunteer training: 2010 dates coming soon!

Interested in volunteering? The museum is always looking for individuals to share their love of history and its preservation with the general public. We are currently training volunteers to help in almost every aspect of museum work, including educational programming, maintenance/restoration of historic houses, adult tours, receptionist and gift shop management, sewing and maintaining our costumes, garden/landscape management, fundraising and so much more.

Spinner Training: Six-week class begins January 14, 2010

The Fort Bend Museum will offer a six-week spinner training class beginning January 14 and ending on February 18. Classes will take place each Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The program is geared specifically to train new volunteers to lead the Museum's school program on textiles, but also welcomes those who are simply interested in learning to use a spinning wheel. Participants will learn how to use drop spindles and will then work their way way to the great wheel, treadle and castle wheels and the loom. The program is free for members of the Fort Bend County Museum Association and $25 for non-members.

RSVP to Claire at (281) 342-6478 or educator@fortbendmuseum.org.

Summer Spinner Training Graduates: June 20, 2008

Left to right: Instructor Barbara Neeper, Janice Nusz and Rachel Nusz stand behind Leslee Gupton following the spinner training class on Friday, June 20. Another spinner training class will be held in spring 2009. Keep watching for more details!