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  Help visitors explore science

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  Work behind-the-scenes

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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• 2013 Summer Teen Volunteer Programs

  The 2013 Summer Teen Volunteer Program application process is CLOSED.

  Exciting Summer Volunteer Opportunities for Teens!

  Are you looking for a fun and rewarding way to spend your summer? Are you interested in adding experience to your resume and college applications? If so, you might be a good match for our summer volunteer positions. We are looking for teens that are friendly, energetic and great with kids to help with our children’s Summer Camp Program and our children’s exhibit, The Discovery Zone.

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• Arachnology (Spiders and their kin) Data Entry Assistant

  Provide technical support with the arachnid collections in the Zoology Department. Assist the curator with timely cataloging of new acquisitions, entering collections data into the computer database, and checking the accuracy of past data entries.

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• Arachnology Collections Assistant

  The Department of Zoology is looking for volunteers to work with the arachnology collection. Volunteers will provide support in the preservation of specimens, creating archival data labels, determining latitude and longitude of collecting locales, and identifying specimens to family and down to species.

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• Conchology Data Entry Assistant

  Conchology Data Entry volunteers will provide technical support to the Curator of Invertebrate Zoology with the conchology collections. Volunteers will assist the curator with timely cataloging of new acquisitions, entering collections data into the computer database, and checking the accuracy of past data entries.

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• Earth Sciences Paleobotany Assistant

  Volunteers will assist in rehousing the collection in standard trays with custom Plastazote foam inserts and store the collection in high-quality closed cabinets with tight sealing gaskets. A training session in the methods and materials used in the project will be held. All supplies are provided.

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• Earth Sciences Paleontology Collections Assistant

  The primary goal of the project is to improve the environmental conditions for fossil specimens from the Rocky Mountain region in storage at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Volunteers will assist in rehousing the collection in standard trays with custom Plastazote foam inserts and store the collection in high-quality closed cabinets with tight sealing gaskets. A training session in the methods and materials used in the project will be held. All supplies are provided.

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• Education Collections Assistant

  The Education Collections volunteer will be responsible for working with the Education Collections Manager and the Education Collections Assistant Manager to maintain the daily responsibilities of the department by pulling specimens for carts and educational programs, putting specimens away, and preparing, cataloging, inventory, and assisting with daily operations.

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• Entomology Collections Assistant

  Do you love bugs? The Zoology Department is looking for volunteers to provide support to the insect collections including a vast beetle collection, with a focus on learning insect preparation techniques, especially pinning. 

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• Entomology Data Entry Assistant

  Do you love bugs? Are you computer savvy? Do you have gentle and steady hands? Zoology is looking for volunteers to provide support with databasing and cataloging unrecorded insect specimens. Must be comfortable handling small-pinned specimens. 

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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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• Library Assistant

  Support the Museum’s librarian by assisting in many of these areas: cataloging, sorting, labeling, storage, data entry, and retrieval and inventory of library materials to help ensure that materials are safe, accessible, and relevant for educational use.  The Library Assistant will be expected to staff the reference/circulation desk – oftentimes without supervision – and to answer an array of questions – both mundane and in-depth – in addition to helping out with a variety of projects.

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• Library Cataloging Assistant

  Do you have library cataloging experience? If so, the Museum library is looking for volunteers to work on original cataloguing to help ensure that materials are safe, accessible, and relevant for educational use.

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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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• School Programs Education Volunteer

  Do you get a charge from kids experiencing ah-ha moments, when they learn something new? If so, an exciting volunteer opportunity with the Museum's School Programs team could be a great fit for you!

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2013 Summer Teen Program Application:Closed

To apply for the 2013 Summer Teen Volunteer Program, please complete our 2013 Summer Teen Volunteer Program Application. Please click on I Agree and then click on the green Continue button. Your application will automatically be summitted to the Volunteer Services Department. Please print a copy of your application for your records.

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 email to shelley.knepley@dmns.org or mail to:

Volunteer Services Department
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

Many Museum volunteers are members of a family group volunteering together, making a critical contribution to the volunteer corps. Children six through 14 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 6-14, 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 14-17. 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?)

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Research & Department Associate Form

Research & Department Associate Form