Ramsey Rural Museum - Volunteers

What to expect

The museum is run entirely by volunteers, with an age range of current volunteers from 20-90. They have a wide variety of both opportunities and time commitments.

From just helping at the event days, to people who live and breathe the museum, there is something for everyone. They have a volunteer day every Thursday, so do pop in and have a chat to see what you are able to do.

For certain roles, full training is provided.

More information

Volunteer roles include:

• Board of Trustees & Operations committee - They run the museum
• Administration - Financial, statutory, management and marketing tasks
• Catering - The tea room is open when the museum is open
• Conservation - Cleaning artifacts, restoring and renovating
• Curation - Assessing items offered to the museum, updating the catalogue database and displaying items
• Education - Those with specialist educational skills can help to develop the offerings for schools and adult groups
• Events - Several events each year, from large outdoor events to talks and meetings. Involvement can include helping to plan as well as on-the-day opportunities such as stewarding
• Site maintenance - They have a large site with many older buildings, so those with building and DIY skills are always needed, as well as gardeners and those who can make things look neat and tidy
• Technology - All technology such as the website, point of sale, security and databases are maintained internally, so assistance is welcomed
• Visitor Care - People to meet and greet and help visitors with questions and queries

  For details of opportunities to be a Trustee of the museum, see: Trustee Vacancies

  For details of management opportunities at the museum, see: Volunteer Vacancies.