For more information about the volunteer program please contact
HR/Volunteer Services
808.848.4180

Alaka‘i Career
Ladder for Teens
The Career Ladder is an innovative education and mentoring program that prepares students for careers in Science, Hospitality, Education, and Museum Studies. Please email or call to find out the next scheuled recruiting session.

Volunteering at the Museum

If you enjoy people, learning new things and would like to volunteer in a dynamic environment, then you have come to the right place! Volunteers are a vital part of Bishop Museum ’s existence and success.

The volunteers currently serve in most areas of the Museum’s three facilities ( Bishop Museum , Hawaii Maritime Center, & Amy Greenwell Garden – Captain Cook).

Opportunities for volunteers are constantly changing.

Visit VolunteerHawaii to see the latest volunteer opportunites at Bishop Museum.

Service Groups

Please look at upcoming events at the museum for events or exhibits that you may be interested in volunteering for:

This month's Calendar of Events
Upcoming Exhibits

Special Exhibit Guides

The Bishop Museum will open its major new exhibit in Hawaiian Hall in August 2009. To support its educational mission, the Museum needs to recruit a large cadre of dedicated volunteer docents.

The Museum’s goal is to establish Nā Kukui ā Pauahi, a exclusive group of dedicated volunteers who will guide groups of various ages and interests through the many stories told by the exhibits in Hawaiian Hall. Special tours and programs centered on the Museum’s collections displayed in the Hall are being developed for the guides. Learn more about volunteering for the reopened Hawaiian Hall here.

If you like variety and learning new things become a Special Exhibit Guide (SEG) for the new Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center, or join the team of SEGs in the Castle Building where each few months a new exhibit is on display.

If you are 18 or older and willing to make a commitment of one 4 - hour shift per week to the Museum please complete the online volunteer application and email the form to humanresources@bishopmuseum.org or print it out and mail to:

HR/Volunteer Services
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu , HI 96817

Download the Volunteer Application here.

When your application is received it will be forwarded to the appropriate departments for review. If there is a position available you will called in for an interview, orientation/training.

For more information about the volunteer program please call HR/Volunteer Services 808.848.4180 or email humanresources@bishopmuseum.org