Get Involved

Whittlesey Museum relies on volunteers in every aspect of museum life.

If you are interested in supporting local heritage by volunteering at Whittlesey, you might like to consider joining us in one of the following roles.

Stewards

Museum stewards greet visitors, take in admission fees and give helpful information and directions around the museum if required. As the public face of the museum, this volunteer role is suitable for friendly adults of any age.

Stewards usually volunteer for one two-hour session every month, on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Sessions are allocated on a rota system with individual availability taken into account. Stewards are never left alone in the museum, stewarding is usually done in pairs.

 

Work Team

The volunteer work team meets on Wednesday mornings between 9am and 12.30pm to do odd jobs and maintenance around the museum.

There are many different things to be done on Wednesdays so you are very likely to find something that you would enjoy! Practical skills in painting, DIY, photography and cleaning are all highly valued, but there is also plenty of administrative work to be done with the collections and working with the computerised database of object records.

We will always be able to find you something useful to get on with, but if there is a particular volunteer project that you would like to carry out on behalf of the museum please speak to the Curator and we will usually do our best to help you make it happen.

 

Museum Trustee

Occasionally new Trustees are required for the museum board of governance. Trusteeship is an unpaid position with shared legal responsibility for deciding the overall direction of the museum and ensuring that it operates appropriately. No specific skills are required to become a museum trustee, but generally a candidate would be expected to have an existing interest in the museum or in local heritage or to bring professional knowledge that might be of benefit to the group. New trustees would be admitted by a vote amongst the existing trustees.

If you think that you might wish to be considered as a potential museum trustee or for more information about what trusteeship involves, please contact the current Chair of Trustees Rebecca Speechley by sending an email to whittleseymuseum@gmail.com. Please be aware that the total number of trustees is limited and so there may not be a vacancy at any given time, although you may be asked for permission to hold your name for future consideration.

Other Volunteering Opportunities 

We have lots of specialist voluntary roles within the museum such as Archivists,  Social Media lead, Youth engagement lead and many more!

To see what current roles are available, then please visit our ‘join us’ page for more information and on how to apply.