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Volunteer

AMWA has two volunteer roles: Front Desk and Docent. All of AMWA’s volunteers get the satisfaction of providing a valuable service to our museum visitors, but you’ll also receive free admission to select AMWA programs, continuing education opportunities, field trips to other cultural organizations, and social events with fellow volunteers.

Front Desk volunteers sit at the front desk and welcome visitors. They also sell tickets and merchandise, check coats and bags, as well as provide light technical support for audio guides. Front desk volunteers must pass a criminal background check before volunteering. Front desk volunteer applications are accepted year-round.

Docent Volunteers (aka docents) help make the art and history of the American West come to life by guiding public tours of the Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Docents are from many walks of life, but have several things in common, they are:

  • Great communicators who are enthusiastic about the collection.
  • Lifelong learners: They enjoy learning new things and are willing to study the collection, so they can share the exciting stories behind these artworks.
  • Able to talk with people of different ages, levels of education, and backgrounds.
  • Flexible, creative, and dependable.

Docents will need to pass a criminal background check, attend 4 training sessions, develop their own tour through independent study, and shadow current docent-led tours before they begin guiding tours. Training includes basic orientation and procedures, formal elements of art, major themes and milestones in western art/history, and touring techniques and challenges. The process of becoming a docent typically takes 3 to 5 months. Please only apply if you can commit to this process in its entirety. Volunteer Docent Applications for 2026 are due by 5 pm on January 10, 2026.

Our four training sessions are every other Thursday, 10am–noon, beginning January 29, 2026. Please plan to attend all four trainings:

January 29, February 12, February 26, March 12

If you are interested in applying to be a volunteer, please email the following information to volunteering@anschutzcollection.org. You will receive a questionnaire to fill out upon receipt.

  1. Name
  2. Email address
  3. Phone Number
  4. If you are hoping to be a front desk volunteer or docent (or both!)

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There are no open positions available at this time. Please check back for future opportunities.