
All current UA undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for a free student membership to the University of Alabama Museums, which includes:
- Unlimited admission (except for special events) to Moundville Archaeological Park, Alabama Museum of Natural History, The Gorgas House Museum, the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, and the Paul W. Bryant Museum
- Discounts on Museum Programs and Field Trips
- Invitations to special student member events as well as to all of our regular supporting member events
- Opportunities including coffee hours, resume building, behind-the-scenes experiences, exhibit creation, volunteering, and social media content creation
How to Sign Up
To become a Student Member, fill out this quick and easy online form!
When you sign up for Student Membership, you will be added to an email database that will keep you informed on all of our free events!
Watch the video below to learn more about the perks of being a UA Museums Student Member!
Upcoming Events
Get on Board Day (Fall 2022)
This Fall’s Get on Board Day will be August 25 from 5:00 – 9:00 PM on The Quad and UA Museums is looking for volunteers to help set up our table and speak with UA students! If you’re interested in volunteering, fill out our online sign-up form.
Student Coffee Hours
Take a break from classes and grab a FREE hot beverage and FREE snacks on Tuesday, September 13 at 11 AM until 12 PM at the Alabama Museum of Natural History‘s Grand Gallery (where the Basilosaurus is on display), located inside Smith Hall.
Alabama Museum of Natural History Volunteer Opportunities

- September 2: Growing Up Wild – Birds (1-2 volunteers)
- September 7: Homeschool Days – Design Maker Workshop (2-3 volunteers, engineering students especially)
- September 21: Homeschool Days – Design Maker Workshop (2-3 volunteers, engineering students especially)
- September 19: Museum Monday – Minerals Rock, a program on rocks and minerals (1-2 volunteers)
- November 4: Growing Up Wild – Topic TBD (1-2 volunteers)
- November 19: Museum Monday – Topic TBD (1-2 volunteers)
- December 7: Homeschool Days – Design Maker Workshop (2-3 volunteers, engineering students especially)
School and Group Tours
K-12 Programs
Museum Events
Summer Camps and Day Trips
Research and Collections Paid Opportunity

Teams of two to three students each will work in tandem to census the plot one quadrat at a time — each quadrat being about the size of a typical house lot. Sophisticated rangefinders will be combined with tried and true survey methods to determine the location of each tree, which will be measured, numbered and tentatively identified by species. Computer data entry will be done on days when field work is not appropriate. Training all be done by Condit, Hubbell and census veterans. There will be multiple opportunities to interact with top scientists from multiple universities doing research on the site — including UCLA, universities in Alabama and Georgia, Clemson, Yale and Maine. In September, a special symposium of top scientists will feature the work done on the plot, and students will be invited to participate free of charge. Comfortable on-campus housing will be made available to students a short walk from where the research plot is located.
The work is sometimes meticulous, but rewarding and often breathtaking, and the unusual mature forests of Paint Rock give students an opportunity to experience a forest and nature in a way few others can. The Paint Rock Valley sits in the center of deciduous forest diversity and cave diversity in North America, and the Paint Rock River is a global hotspot for aquatic diversity.
Living Allowance $400 per week
Relocation Travel Allowance $1,100 (one-time)
Moundville Archaeological Park Volunteer Opportunities
Moundville Archaeological Park needs volunteers for their annual Native American Festival, which will be held on October 12-15, 2022. To volunteer, fill out this online form.
Bryant Museum Volunteer Opportunities
The Paul W. Bryant Museum is looking for volunteers during home football games to give directions and answer general University of Alabama and Gameday questions.
If you’re interested, please contact Olivia Arnold. Her email is oarnold@ua.edu and you can reach her by calling 205-348-4668.
The Gorgas House Museum Volunteer Opportunities
The Gorgas House Museum needs student volunteers to help with museum tours, research, and events! For the Fall of 2022, The Gorgas House Museum invites UA students to be involved in Haunting at the Museum (October 24-28, 2022) with giving tours and telling spooky stories.
For more information on how to get involved, email Brandon Thompson at brandon.s.thompson@ua.edu
Content Creation Opportunities

Do you like creating content for TikTok and social media and need video to add to a demo reel or portfolio? University of Alabama Students have opportunities to create content for and run the UA Museums TikTok account!
For more information on how to get involved, email Brandon Thompson at brandon.s.thompson@ua.edu
Social Media / Website Management Opportunities
Are you interested in social media and website management? We have internship opportunities for UA Students to help out with UA Museums’ social media accounts (on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube) and websites! It’s a great chance for students interested in Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, and Graphic Design to get real world experience and portfolio examples.
For more information on how to get involved, email Rebecca Johnson at rljohnson8@ua.edu
Video Shooting and Editing Opportunities
UA Museums creates and releases video content on our YouTube channel about exhibits, events, and stories about what we do! Do you have video editing experience or would like to learn how to do it? Or, would you want to help shoot interviews or b-roll footage? UA Museums needs a video editing assistant intern and will provide opportunities to develop video editing skills that can be added to a demo reel!
For more information on how to get involved, email Rebecca Johnson at rljohnson8@ua.edu
Have Questions?
For more information, email James Scott: jiscott@ua.edu
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