Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is recruiting volunteers who wish to help the museum fulfill its role as a storyteller of the American west. The museum’s docents lead tours of the exhibitions and tell the stories of the American west, including those of the life of many American West peoples and cultures, the life and culture of the everyday cowboy and the expansion of the west.

Those with previous museum volunteer experience, or a background in education or western studies, are especially encouraged to volunteer, although this is not a requirement. Those interested can contact Wade Weber, Director of Education, at wweber@westernspirit.org or 480-530-3461 to schedule a brief tour.

Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, 3830 N. Marshall Way, offers rotating exhibitions featuring hundreds of Western artworks, rare historic objects and cultural treasures on loan from some of the world’s foremost collectors and institutions.

The fall docent training courses will be 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on ten consecutive Wednesdays, Oct. 4-Jan. 10, 2024, with additional times for practice tours the following two weeks. There will be no classes the week of Thanksgiving or the last two weeks of December.

Docents are required to work a minimum of two, three-hour sessions per month; they must have the ability to do independent research on current and upcoming exhibitions; the ability to attend education training on new exhibitions; and the ability to comfortably lead various group tour sizes.

Visit scottsdalemuseumwest.org.