Brigade of volunteers needed to move items between old and new History Center location

ITHACA, N.Y. — The History Center in Tompkins County is seeking a 330 volunteers to form a human brigade and help transport the organization's artifacts from 401 E. State St. to their new home, the Tompkins Center for History and Culture at 110 N. Tioga St., a third of a mile stretch.

The History Center in Tompkins County will relocate an array of eccentricities, artifacts and object collections during their first move in 25 years, when the organization moved from the Clinton House to the Dean of Ithaca Building on East State Street.

Construction has been underway inside the History Center's new home on the Ithaca Commons. The Tompkins Center for History and Culture will be ready at the end of 2018 or early 2019 and will serve as a hub of culture, tourism and history in the heart of Downtown Ithaca. A number of agencies will co-locate the space, including the Historic Ithaca Library, the Convention and Visitor Bureau's Vistor Center, the Community Arts Partnership and others.

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The History Center encourages people to bring your community spirit, learn local history and transport themselves into yesteryears while sporting vintage attire. If you belong to a group, they encourage you to wear clothing that identifies your affiliation. Or even dress as your favorite local figure.

As to why the History Center has opted for a volunteer brigade, the news release says the cost of moving, not including staff time, would cost about $40,000.

The brigade will need to meet at the History Center at 2 p.m. sharp Oct. 21. The move will go from 2 to 4 p.m.

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