Volunteer Opportunities
We have great opportunities for you to spark children's learning through play!


On the Floor
Volunteer to play! Floor volunteers initiate playful interactions with visitors in our many exhibits. They interact with both adults and children and they provide customer service to ensure all visitors have a positive and memorable experience. As a volunteer, you may:

  • Assist and help facilitate summer camps
  • Engage with families and ecourge them to explore exhibits
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Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes volunteers can help with a variety of opportunities throughout the Museum, including administrative roles and technical skilled work in our exhibit shop. These opportunities are dependent on project availability.
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Don’t See What You’re Looking For?
Are you searching for a way to serve the Museum and our visitors in a unique way that we haven’t advertised? Message us at [email protected] if you would like to volunteer with us, but you don’t see the type of opportunity you’re looking for.

It may not be possible for us to create every project that is proposed, but feel free to ask and we’ll try to accommodate it.

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Adult Volunteer Information
  1. Complete a Adult Volunteer Application.  Either come into the museum to pick one up or email us at [email protected] for us to send you one.
  2. Volunteer Services will check your references and then will call you for a brief phone conversation to learn more about you and to match you with the right volunteer opportunity.
  3. Complete a background check.
  4. Attend a volunteer orientation.
  5. Begin volunteering!
Youth Volunteer Information
  • Eligibility: Youth Volunteer program is open to students in 9th through 12th grades.
  • Be willing to:
    Play!     Spend your time playing with children in the museum galleries. 
    Learn! Gain experience working with children and develop your teamwork, communication and leadership skills. This is a great way to build your resume for scholarships, college applications and future employment. Also able to volunteer for NHS hours.
    Serve! Support your community and the families who visit the museum with playful learning experiences by giving your time. You’ll be a positive role model and make an impact on the lives of thousands of children.
  1. Complete a Youth Volunteer Application.  Either come into the museum to pick one up or email us at [email protected] for us to send you one.
  2. Volunteer Services will check your references and then will call you for a brief phone conversation to learn more about you and to match you with the right volunteer opportunity.
  3. Attend a volunteer orientation.
  4. Begin volunteering!