Visitor Services Volunteer (Adult*)

Discovery Museum's Visitor Services Volunteer position is ideal for adults looking for an opportunity to work with children in a fun, fast-paced environment, while giving back to the local community! This is a public-facing position, with volunteers working directly with our child visitors and their caregivers. We look for volunteers who are outgoing and personable, enjoy working with children, work well with a team, are flexible and adaptable, and demonstrate attention to detail. A background in science, education, and/or child development is a bonus, but is not required.

Core Responsibilities

  • Welcome and engage visitors (both adults and children) with:
    • Positive body language
    • A courteous, respectful, and positive attitude
    • Clean and safe exhibit spaces that are ready for the next visitor to experience
    • PLAY! Know the exhibits and be ready to share that knowledge with visitors (ie. Fun tricks to try, how exhibits work, etc)
  • Show initiative by stocking, tidying, resetting, suggesting ways to improve the visitor experience, and anticipating visitors’ and colleagues’ needs
  • Attend all mandatory volunteer meetings and trainings

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Must be able to stand for four hours at a time both indoors and outdoors, regularly ascend/descend stairs, lift up to 25 pounds, and be comfortable stooping, kneeling, and crouching.
  • Frequent movement throughout and across the Discovery Museum campus is required, including during inclement or extreme weather and over uneven terrain.
  • Work environment often has moderate to loud noise for sustained periods of time.

This volunteer position asks for a commitment of a minimum of one approximately 4-hour shift (morning or afternoon) per week. We are currently most interested in applicants with Wednesday morning availability.

A successful CORI check will be required at the time of offer. 

*Interested high-school students can apply via the Teen Volunteer Program posting.

How To Apply

To apply, please complete the application linked below. Please complete the fillable PDF in its entirety (no hand-written applications, please) and include your first and last name in the title of the completed document. If you need more space to answer the application questions, you are welcome to attach a separate document. Please submit your application by email to ereinl [at] discoveryacton.org (Emily Reinl), Assistant Director of Visitor Services. 

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the volunteer selection process, please likewise direct your inquiries to ereinl [at] discoveryacton.org (Emily Reinl). 

We respectfully request that you do not call to inquire about the status of your application. Those candidates chosen for interviews will be contacted.

Important Dates

We accept applications for adult volunteers on a rolling basis, but the interview and onboarding process will follow the schedule of the upcoming Teen Volunteer Program cycle at the time you apply.  There are three cycles per year, beginning in January, May, and September. The dates for the upcoming cycle are:

Fall volunteer cycle: starts September 15, 2026

Deadline to apply:  July 21

If selected for an interview, all interviews will be held: August 4 - 8.

Successful candidates must attend one of two orientations, which will be held on Thursday, September 3, 2026 (evening) and Saturday, September 5, 2026 (daytime).
 

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How to use a fillable PDF:

  1. Open and download the PDF
  2. Save the downloaded PDF, including your name in the title
  3. Open the newly-saved PDF
  4. Fill in the PDF and save your changes
  5. Attach your completed PDF to your email to Emily Reinl

Problems? Please email  ereinl [at] discoveryacton.org (Emily Reinl).