Ellwood House Museum to offer volunteer tour guide training in DeKalb

Free training offered Feb. 11

Spectators listen as members of the DeKalb High School Varsity Treble Choir sings during the Memorial Day ceremonies held on the Ellwood house lawn in DeKalb on Monday May 30th. — Shaw Local file photo – Spectators listen as members of the DeKalb High School Varsity Treble Choir sing during the Memorial Day ceremony held on the lawn of the Ellwood House in DeKalb on Monday May 30, 2022. (David Toney for Shaw Local/David Toney)

February 09, 2025 at 12:00 pm CST

DeKALB – The Ellwood House Museum will offer training for returning and new volunteers interesting in leading guided tours.

The free training will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 11 at the museum’s visitor center, 420 Linden Place, DeKalb.

The training will focus on tour content and share Ellwood family background information, the site’s architecture, and the barbed wire story. New volunteers also will receive take-home training materials. Volunteers times are available Wednesdays through Sundays. Ellwood House Museum tours begin March 1.

Registration is required to attend. To register, visit ellwoodhouse.org/volunteer, email king@ellwoodhouse.org, or call 815-756-4609.