Our Members

The Heard Museum has a membership of some 7,000 people.  Over 600 of those members have chosen to join the Guild and become volunteers  for the Museum.  To become a member of the Guild, one must first become a member of the Heard Museum and then join the Guild.

Some Guild members are involved in a multitude of volunteer endeavors.  Others specialize in a single event or a specific type of activity.  Some can be seen at the Heard almost any day of the week.  Others appear only for selected periods of time.  Some are leaders, others are content to follow.  While some are casually involved, 100 others have dedicated themselves to an eight month training program followed by a two year commitment in order to become members of Las Guias, the Heard Museum’s cadre of docents.. 

Guild members consider themselves a privileged group of people.   Although they are the volunteers, they have, through the years, created a culture.  The Guild has become a unique fraternal organization of like-minded people.  Although extremely diverse in their experiences, talents, backgrounds, and life styles, the members have bonded together as equals and are enthusiastically engaged in a labor of love.  They have created a culture which respects the American Indian people and is committed to telling their stories and honoring their traditions.  It is a culture of selfless dedication to the Museum and to educating curious minds about the peoples of the Southwest.  It is a culture of goal-directed performance and well-organized behaviors guided by time-tested procedures and guidelines.  Finally, it is a culture that cultivates personal friendships in the process of achieving excellence.