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Each year, over 1,700 volunteers contribute time to the Museum. Their commitment greatly enhances the Museum's mission of providing high-value experiences to the community. We truly value each of our volunteers, and there is a place for you too. See the available positions below.

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  Museum Ambassador

  Museum Ambassadors provide excellent customer service by welcoming and assisting visitors to the Museum with general information, directions, and much more.

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  Arachnology Collections Assistant

  The Department of Zoology is looking for volunteers to work with the arachnology collection.

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  Conchology Collections Assistant

  Assist the Zoology Department by providing support with timely cataloging and databasing of their unique shell collections. This volunteer opportunity is only available on Tuesdays.

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  Expedition Health Exhibit Guide

  Exhibit Guides support the educational objectives in Expedition Health by working in teams to facilitate a variety of health and wellness activities for the visitors. They work with Museum collections on touch carts, greet visitors and assist in our experiment area, Biology Base Camp.

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  Expedition Health Citizen Scientist

  Volunteer citizen-scientists, called Citizen Scientists, work in our research laboratory, Lab Central, in Expedition Health.  They support Expedition Health and Lab Central by stocking the experiment area and preparing reagents.

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  Space Odyssey Galaxy Guide

  Facilitate hands-on space science activities and demonstrations for the public in the Space Odyssey Gallery.

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  Temporary Exhibits Volunteer

  Be a permanent part of the temporary exhibits team! The Temporary Exhibits Volunteer Program is accepting applicants for the Sunday Afternoon Temporary Exhibit team.

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  Rocks & Minerals Cart Facilitator

  "Gallery Cart" volunteers help visitors to explore specific areas of study by utilizing a combination of Museum Education Collections objects with associated hands-on activities.

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  Discovery Zone Play Assistant

  Help us spark children's learning through play in our Discovery Zone. If you are creative and love working with kids (especially children under 5), then this is the place for you!

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  Prehistoric Journey Exhibit Interpreter

  Enhance the visitor's experience in Prehistoric Journey as they travel through time, beginning with Earth's birth and following through to the rise of the modern world, by working with visitors in the exhibit, facilitating a variety of dinosaur and fossil related touch carts, and leading school tours on occasion.

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  Venus Image Analyst

  Provide research support to space science department by downloading, viewing and analyzing Venus imagery from the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility to support the Department of Space Sciences in their mission to pursue and execute active space science research.

   

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Adult Application Instructions (applicants 18 and older)

To apply for any of the positions listed below, please complete our Adult Volunteer Application (PDF | 627KB) and mail to:

Volunteer Program
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO 80205-5798

Please note: To view and print the form, Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. Visit Adobe's Web site to download the latest version of Acrobat Reader.

Please remember that volunteer placement is a selective process and not all applicants are accepted into the program. The Museum reserves the right to place volunteers in the area staff feels is best suited to the applicant's skills and the needs of the Museum. A minimum commitment of one year is required for all volunteer positions.

Family Volunteers

More than 150 Museum volunteers are members of a family group volunteering together, making a critical contribution to the volunteer corps. Children six through 13 are welcome to volunteer as members of a family group, with a responsible adult who participates as a volunteer. Separate applications should be submitted for each individual, including the children. Adults 18 and older, please complete the  Adult Volunteer Application (PDF | 627KB). Youth between the ages of 6-13, please complete the Youth Volunteer Application (PDF | 627KB).

Please note: To view and print the form, Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. Visit Adobe's Web site to download the latest version of Acrobat Reader.

Youth Volunteer Application

Teen applicants must be between the ages of 13-17. Applicants must:

• Submit a Youth Volunteer Application (PDF | 627KB)
• Parent or Guardian must complete and sign the release of liability portion of the application and co-sign the application
• Attach a short essay (Essay topic: Why do you think volunteering is important and why do you want to volunteer at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science?)

Please note: To view and print the form, Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. Visit Adobe's Web site to download the latest version of Acrobat Reader.