Metropolitan Volunteer Program

The Health Museum: Free Family Thursdays

Thursday, March 27, 2025

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

WHERE: The Health Museum

Arrival Instructions: Park or be dropped off on our surface lot, all parking for volunteers will be comped. Wear close toed, comfortable walking shoes, t-shirt with no large logos OR Health Museum shirt, pants or shorts should have no rips or stains. Check In at the front desk and ask for Gabi or Lulu upon arrival.

WHAT: The Health Museum is an interactive science center and a member-institution of the Texas Medical Center. Visitors can take a larger-than-life walking tour of the Amazing Body Pavilion to get an up-close look at the human body and how it works, ride a bicycle with a skeleton, and find out how hard the human heart works to pump blood. Beyond engaging exhibitions, the Museum also offers summer, winter, and spring break camps, gifted-and-talented workshops, scout badge certification classes, dissection demonstrations, and hands-on experiments in the DeBakey Cell Lab.

Want to make a direct impact? Volunteers will support our team with up to 600 guests on our Free Family Thursday program from 2pm-6pm. Positions include supporting our Body Worlds exhibit, guiding guests at the entrance and exit, assisting our Science Educators with hourly Dissection programming in the theater, greeting guests, and providing health education via our Discovery Carts (must attend training to volunteer on carts).

Volunteers who sign up for 3 shifts within the semester to receive a complimentary tote bag.

We will have a cap of 10 volunteers! So this will be a first come first serve volunteering event.

DO BEFORE EVENT: Additionally please fill out this form and select the 3/27 date if you plan on attending!!

WHEN: Thursday March 27th, 2025, from 2pm-6pm 

Contact Info:
REGISTER HERE

You’ll receive a confirmation and reminder prior to the event containing more information! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Allen Cao at mvphw@central.uh.edu.