Museum Assistant
Time for the opportunity:
This grid shows when you can volunteer for this organisation (e.g. Monday Morning)
As a volunteer, you will support our small, dynamic museum. Our museum is run by a group of dedicated volunteers and part-time staff. Although we are smaller than many museums, we have big ambitions and are very proud of our collection.
As a Volunteer Museum Assistant, you will be enhancing what we do here and how we care for our collection. Our team is a mixture of both deaf and hearing people.
We can support new volunteers by providing a BSL interpreter if needed.
What you will be doing:
- Welcoming Museum visitors
- Supporting staff to organise and catalogue the archive
- Helping to raise BDHS’s profile via social media
- Support with events and exhibitions
- Giving visitors tours of the collection on display
What we would like you to bring to the role:
- An interest and enthusiasm for the culture of the deaf community
- Interest in museums and galleries
- A friendly and open personality
- Knowledge of British Sign Language (BSL) would be great but not essential Opportunities:
- To gain insight into the workings of a museum
- A chance to work directly with collections
- To gain experience in using museum catalogue systems
- Experience of events and exhibition
One, two-hour volunteer session per week. Sessions will take place Monday to Wednesday, during Museum opening hours.
Please note we are happy to reimburse any out-of-pocket travel expenses up to £5 per day.
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