Volunteer Opportunities

We need your help! Volunteer your time at the Children’s Discovery Museum!

The Children’s Discovery Museum could not survive without the hundreds of hours of our dedicated volunteers. Do you have a few extra hours that you could volunteer? There’s nothing more gratifying then seeing all of the smiles on children's faces and knowing that you have helped put them there.

The Children’s Discovery Museum provides a unique resource to children, parents and educators by inspiring discovery and exploration. Children have the opportunity to touch, explore and investigate exhibits throughout the museum. These experiences build upon the fundamental need for children to learn-by-doing, fully engaging their senses and challenging their minds. CDM was founded on the premise of education through play. Through our various exhibits, the Museum encourages role-play, exploration, experimentation and, ultimately, the discovery that learning is fun! CDM fosters self-confidence, new experiences and an "I can do this!" attitude.

There are many benefits to you by volunteering at CDM:

  • Seeing hundreds of smiles on the faces of children
  • Meeting new and interesting people
  • Sharing your talents
  • Teaching a child

We have many opportunities available:

EXHIBIT GUIDES/DOCENTS

We are looking for volunteers to act as exhibit guides. This would include interacting with museum visitors, answering questions or just keeping the place picked up.

TOUCH TANK ASSISTANTS

If you love the ocean and don't mind getting your hands and arms wet, this might be just the volunteer position for you.  We need volunteers to take live ocean critters out of our Touch Tanks for Kids and assist visitors with holding them.  Any ocean knowledge is helpful, but not required.

PROGRAM LEADERS

We are looking for folks who have a special talent and want to run a simple program. Maybe you have a special trade or tradition that can be passed on to younger generations. For instance, do you knit and want to teach kids? Give us a call!

CLEANERS

We also need cleaners to come in after hours to get the museum ready for the next day’s visitors.


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