NHMU paleo volunteer Randy Johnson carefully preparing the skull of a new ceratopsian species. ©Mark Johnston/NHMU
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Becoming a Museum Member gives you free admission for an entire year and additional discounts and benefits. It also helps support NHMU and its mission to illuminate the world and the place of humans within it.
From a standard Museum Membership, offered at various levels including individual and family, to our more engaged Copper Club, choose the level that best fits your level of involvement.
Interested in supporting the Museum's work with a philanthropic gift or perhaps making NHMU part of your estate plan? It's easy to make a gift online or explore options for giving.
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Members Sustain the Museum
Museum Membership is offered on a variety of levels to suit your level of engagement with the Museum, from Individual annual memberships to the Copper Club.
Volunteers in Action
Volunteers play a vital role at NHMU, working in every department to help us achieve our mission of illuminating the natural world and the place of humans within it. Whether you want to work behind the scenes in the collections, share your passion for natural history with guests, facilitate field trips for school kids, or offer your organizational skills to the Registrar, we've got a volunteer position that will spark your interest and utilize your talents! Click here to learn more about volunteering at NHMU.
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NHMU Volunteer Ann Johnson prepares a fossil in a lab at the Museum. ©Mark Johnston/NHMU
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NHMU Volunteers move objects through the Museum. ©NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Cody Bedke works in the entomology lab. ©NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Ese Omoarukhe works with field trip students indie the Museum. ©Mark Johnston/NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Hook Ershler Works demonstrates fossil prep with DinoFest guests. ©Mark Johnston/NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Jade Cornabym pulls weeds outside the Museum. ©NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Jane Yager works with a group of field trip students at the Museum. ©Mark Johnston/NHMU
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NHMU Volunteers on a paleontology dig in the field. ©NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Jerry Golden entertains kids at DinoFest ©Mark Johnston/NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Randy Johnson prepares a fossil in a lab at the Museum. ©Mark Johnston/NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Linda Metke works in a lab at the Museum. ©NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Linda Metke works in a lab at the Museum. ©NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Marla Wall works with a priceless artifact in the anthropology collections. ©NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Mark Marzolf photographs artifacts in the anthropology collections. ©NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Pippi Pecchia Bekkum demonstrats fossil prep work in a lab at the Museum. ©Mark Johnston/NHMU
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NHMU Volunteer Spencer Bronte inventories fossils in the collections. ©NHMU
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Jobs, Internships & Paid Youth Opportunities
The Natural History Museum of Utah is a remarkable institution of natural and cultural history with regional, national, and international significance. As Utah’s official state museum of natural history, NHMU serves the people of Utah – and visitors from around the world – in several meaningful ways while being both a destination for informal, lifelong education and an economic driver in Salt Lake City. This requires a committed and diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve!
Citizen Science
Citizen scientists from across Utah contribute enormously to the research of NHMU scientists. They do so by logging observations, transcribing field notes, digitizing the Museum's collections, and much more.
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