Volunteer

Consider Volunteering!

Your help is needed! Our volunteers play a critical part in accomplishing the Museum's mission to inspire discovery, wonder, and stewardship of our natural world. Many different positions and opportunities are available. Some positions involve working regular shifts; other positions involve being "on call" by just being available for special events. Most positions involve an introductory training plus shadowing an experienced volunteer. Please read the details below . Don't see what you'd like to do on the list of descriptions? Call (648-5716, ext.13) or email (volunteer@pgmuseum.org) and let's talk about how you can become involved. Yes, we need you.
Our goal is to provide a welcoming, safe environment for volunteers and visitors alike. Accordingly, each potential volunteer must fill out a Volunteer Application form and complete a background check as part of the official acceptance process. Please be assured that this information is completely and entirely confidential. The forms require your signature; please mail completed forms to: Volunteer Coordinator, PG Museum, 165 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove, CA 93950.

Downloads:

Volunteer Application Form

1of2 Background Check Form

2of2 Background Check Form

Museum Docent

Help interpret the museum for guests. Museum Docents may show visitors objects from Discovery Carts, interact with scheduled school classes or tour groups, or lead pre-planned activities during special events (such as Science Saturdays).

Museum Store Volunteer

The Museum Store is staffed by volunteers who greet visitors, provide general information about the Museum and Pacific Grove, help customers find items that meet their needs, complete sales, and record transactions. Store volunteers enjoy the opportunity to please customers with appropriate reminders of their visits and contribute to the financial support of Museum.

Monarch Sanctuary Docent

Monarch docents greet visitors at the Monarch Grove Sanctuary Park, ensure that they are able to locate butterflies, describe the monarch's unusual life cycle, and answer questions. Docents also record weather data, the location of the butterflies, and the number of visitors. Docents work one or more shifts each month from October through the end of the overwintering season in February or March. Volunteering as a monarch docent offers the opportunity to be outdoors, observe changes in monarch behavior throughout the overwintering season, and share the pleasure and inspiration that the monarchs provide for visitors from around the world.

Project Volunteer

Project Volunteers assist museum staff with special projects and/or ongoing projects that may involve clerical work or physical labor. Project Volunteers may assist with large mailings, do filing, do data entry, transcribe hand-written records for preservation, take photographs or video of events or objects; build things needed for exhibits or educational programs; help with setting up or cleaning up events; and/or engage in museum maintenance.

Museum Gardener

Volunteer as a Museum Gardener and maintain the Museum's Native Plant Garden or Recreation Trail garden to be attractive for visitors. Volunteers enjoy the satisfaction of maintaining an attractive and inspiring setting for Museum visitors as well as learning about the plants and their care.