Docent League of the Maturango Museum

The Maturango Museum docents are very active in the community and around the museum.  Docents bring the Museum to the local classrooms, club meetings, and special events.  They also provide guided tours to groups visiting the museum.

Prospective docents are very welcome.  They will be given training about the Museum and the programs the docents provide.  New docents usually “shadow” seasoned docents until the new Docent is comfortable with programs and activities.  There are usually around 30 active docents. Docents meet the first Tuesday of the month at 9:00 AM at the Museum (snacks are provided).

If you are interested in becoming a docent, contact Nora Nuckles, the Education Coordinator, at 760-375-6900 or email her at nora@maturango.org or click on, complete and submit the Become a Volunteer Form at the bottom of the page.

Gift Shop Volunteers

Gift Shop Volunteers welcome all visitors to the Museum. Volunteers staff the gift shop, make sales, provide information to tourists, answer phone calls, and stock the gift shop. The Gift Shop volunteers meet many tourists from places around the world who stop by the Museum.

To volunteer in the gift shop, please contact Maureen Goff, Gift Shop Manager, at 760-375-6900 or email her at Info@Maturango.org or click on, complete and submit the Become a Volunteer Form at the bottom of the page.

Wildflower Exhibit Volunteers

Every year the Museum hosts a Wildflower Exhibit. This event conducted in April is both beautiful and educational. It also is the means by which the Museum’s permanent wildflower botanical collection is gathered. There is lots of work collecting plants, preparing them for exhibit, labeling each with its common and scientific name, and displaying them within their plant families. Volunteers do it all, including trained  botanists making the identifications. As many as fifteen teams collect wildflowers in assigned areas, while others are working in the Museum. Help is always needed and welcomed for this “annual rite of spring” event.

If you are interested in becoming a Wildflower Exhibit Volunteer, contact Debbie Benson, the Museum Executive Director, at 760-375-6900  or click on, complete and submit the Become a Volunteer Form at the bottom of the page.

Building and Grounds

The Maturango Museum is situated on 13 acres of land and occupies about 10,000 square feet of indoor storage, store and exhibit space. The Museum always needs volunteers to help keep the Museum in good shape. Volunteers are needed to maintain the garden and grounds around the museum. Volunteers are needed to change light bulbs, fix doors, fix minor plumbing issues, to paint and to do all the little maintenance jobs that come up from time to time. Some Maintenance volunteers are willing to be “on call” for little emergencies at the museum. The Building Committee and the Grounds Committee oversee the planning and scheduling of work but volunteers who do not like to attend meetings don’t need to participate in the committees.

If you are interested in becoming involved in Building and Grounds, contact Debbie Benson, the Museum Executive Director, at 760-375-6900  or click on, complete and submit the Become a Volunteer Form at the bottom of the page.

Other Volunteer Opportunities

There are other ways to volunteer at the museum. Volunteers have built display cases for us, painted the ceiling in the North Gallery, installed lighting, and moved our sea vans with heavy machinery.  To volunteer for other jobs, contact Debbie Benson, Executive Director, at 760-375-6900 or email her at debbie@maturango.org or click on, complete and submit the Become a Volunteer Form at the bottom of the page.