Exhibit Specialists

Long-Term Volunteer Committment (1-year or more)

Training

Begin your volunteering adventure with a two-hour New Volunteer & Staff Orientation to learn more about the Butterfly Pavilion, our conservation efforts, animals and volunteer needs. Follow this monthly orientation with one of our 4 main exhibit trainings. We ask for an 8-hour per month commitment, for a year (unless otherwise noted).

Volunteer Opportunities:

• Butterfly Specialist – Answer questions and share information with visitors about butterflies and plants in our Wings of the Tropics tropical conservatory.

• Water’s Edge Specialist – Serve as an interpreter at the tide pool exhibit for the visiting public, sharing information on saltwater invertebrates, including sea stars, lobsters, and horseshoe crabs.

• Crawl-a-See-Em Specialist – Bring our arthropod exhibit to life by sharing fun and relevant hands-on activities with exhibit visitors. Provide visitors an opportunity to interact personally with our non-venomous ambassador invertebrates.

• Traveling Exhibit Specialist - (short-term commitment, length of exhibit’s stay) – Share the excitement of a new exhibit with our visitors. For detailed information, click here. From a journey in rainforest conservation with Tropical Odyssey to our in-depth look at tarantulas through Legend of the Tarantula, there is always something new to help with in our Traveling Exhibit Hall!

 

Other Opportunities:

• Horticultural Assistant: Get started right away after the New Volunteer & Staff Orientation to help plant, prune, weed, and water foliage in our outdoor gardens and tropical conservatory.

• Animal Handler: If you are interested in learning how to work with our ambassador animals, begin with the New Volunteer & Staff Orientation. The Crawl-a-See-Em Training will introduce you to our non-venomous animals and give you some practical experience handling them. After 30 hours of volunteering experience, you can sign up for one of our advanced handling trainings to learn how to work with Rosie the Tarantula!

• Volunteer Educator: Do you want to share your passion about the natural world with others? The Butterfly Pavilion is seeking volunteers to assist in providing interactive, hands-on classroom presentations to visiting school groups. Help facilitate the ‘light bulb’ moment and watch as students get excited about insects, life cycles, and science!  Learn more.

Practical experience in each area comes from mentoring
by our experienced staff or volunteers.

View and print our New Volunteer Application.

View and print our 2010 Volunteer Training Schedule!   We offer monthly New Volunteer & Staff Orientations so you can get started right away!


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