Volunteer Awareness Week at MOTAT

MOTAT is celebrating the passion and hard work of its dedicated volunteers with a week of commemoration.

During Volunteer Awareness Week visitors can take a glimpse behind the scenes and enjoy the history of MOTAT told through some of the museum’s longest standing volunteers.

Visitors will love a chat and a laugh with the aviation volunteers on Wednesday between 10am-11.30am, where guests can hear about the extraordinary history of the only Solent Mark IV Flying Boat and one of only a handful of WW2 Avro Lancaster Bombers. Visitors can also take a tour around the aviation workshop and watch volunteers restoring various historic aircraft.

Visit MOTAT on a Wednesday or Sunday between 10.30am – 2.30pm and you’ll be treated to a talk by MOTAT’s passionate road transport volunteers, or come in on Tuesday and watch MOTAT’s tram volunteers in action restoring New Zealand’s much loved trams, including a double-decker tram.

Visitors can also enjoy MOTAT’s fascinating volunteer photographic display, which proudly displays images of MOTAT’s volunteers throughout the years.

Dates
Sunday 14th June – Sunday 21st June 2009

Location
MOTAT Great North Road and Meola Road, Western Springs, Auckland. Parking is available at both MOTAT sites.

Costs
You can enjoy Volunteer Awareness Week as part of your entry fee to MOTAT. You can also enjoy the rest of the museum, free tram rides and entry to the Tactile Dome and Voyager1 for one great price.

Entry Fees:

§ Family (2 adults and up to 4 children) $30
§ Adults $14
§ Children (under 16) $7
§ Senior Citizens / Students $7
§ Children under 5 years are free
§ MOTAT Mates (annual pass) - $65 for a family (entitles you to unlimited visits to MOTAT)

Public Information Number
Phone: 0800 MOTAT NZ (0800 668 286) or visit www.motat.org.nz for further information and activity times.