Peterson Air & Space Museum Foundation

150 East Ent Avenue

Peterson Air Force Base CO 80914-1303

Gift Shop: Volunteer operates the Gift Shop Tuesday through Saturday from 0900 to 1630 hours. Duties also include greeting visitors, addressing visitor questions and operating the Museum's theater. Length of the shift can be tailored to your availability. POC: Ed Weaver

Archives: Volunteers provide catalog, maintain, research and exhibit development activities.Over 3,000 items are on display or in storage. POC: Jack McKinney

Ramp Rats: Our "Ramp Rats" maintain/restore the Museum's fleet of aircraft of aircraft and missiles. They do everything from bird control to major restoration projects. Recent projects include the P- 47N "Wild Hair" aircraft and the HAWK missile launcher. No maintenance background? No worries, we can provide lots of direction. POC: Ed Kelley

Public Affairs: Volunteers work with the military and civilian community's media. They also develop videos and support the Museum's Living History project. POC: Ed Weaver

Membership: Develops plans and targets groups for membership. Processes applications and maintains current listing of members. POC: Ed Weaver

These are but a few of the opportunities available for volunteers. However, you may have some interests or talents above and beyond this list. The best way to get to know us is to come out to our volunteer staff meetings (Last Friday of each month at 0900 hours) and take a tour of the Museum. We would be happy to have you visit us and we would love to talk to you about joining our TEAM! Questions? POC: Ed Weaver

Website Administration: Develop, maintain and update the Foundation's Web Site. POC: Ron McClelland

Docent Program: Do you like to meet and talk with people? If so, we have the job for you. Our Docent's work shifts are tailored to your availability. They meet and greet, show videos, operate our gift shop and give tours to individuals or groups. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet some very interesting people and learn a lot about our heritage. We provide the training, you bring the enthusiasm. POC: John Grier

Galaxy of Stars: The Museum established a means to commemorate the thousands of Canadian and US military personnel who manned the air defense facilities and weapon systems. One means is a physical scrapbook in the museum and the other means is via a web site. POC: Ron McClelland

Library: We are working on the establishment of a research library to catalog and maintain the many books, videos, newspapers and magazines in the Museum's collection. POC: Jane Newman

Black Gang: Just like the "below deck crews" of the Navy, our Black Gang volunteers do a little bit of everything. Our work detail builds display cases, walls, exhibits, clean floors or windows, and operates our maintenance facility. POC: Ron Gray

Adopt-A-Plane: The goal of the "Adopt-A-Plane" program is to have base organizations assist Museum staff by providing periodic care of the museum's static display aircraft and missiles with washing, waxing, and minor maintenance. POC: Jeff Nash