• The front of the Carver Museum with a bust of Dr. Carver

    Tuskegee Institute

    National Historic Site Alabama

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  • Carver Museum Closed for Renovation -- The Oaks Open for Tours

    Starting August 1, 2012, the Carver Museum will be closed for renovation until Summer 2013. Oaks tours are available Monday-Saturday 9:00, 10:30, 1:00, 2:30, and 4:00 CST. Due to the sequester, effective March 10, 2013 the park is closed on Sundays.

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Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP)

The National Park Service is seeking motivated volunteers to assist park staff with visitors to the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site. The park offers a variety of opportunities for volunteers to immerse themselves in history. Many parks could not operate without volunteers.

Park volunteers serve visitor needs while working at the information desk, greeting visitors, answering telephone calls, providing information on the parks histories, showing videos, performing book sales, providing directions, assisting park rangers with group tours, helping maintain museum exhibits, assisting with special park events, etc.

Do you have some extra time on your hands?Have you always had an interest in working at a National Park? Do you enjoy working with the public? Do you love history? Would you like to be in on the ground floor to see and experience the reinventing of the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site?

Then we may be looking for YOU!!! If any of these opportunities tickle your fancy and you are interested in being involved with the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, please contact Vester Marable, Volunteer Coordinator at 334/727-3200 for an interview and sign up today with the Volunteers-In-Parks program and become a Park VIP!!! Our VIPs are indeed Very Important Persons.

 

Current Volunteer Opportunities

Did You Know?

TU Grounds

Robert R. Taylor, the first African-American graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the architect who designed most of the historic buildings at Tuskegee Institute.