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Volunteering

Make new friends, work with an amazing collection and gain new skills. Come and join our team of talented volunteers and you'll help make a real difference.

It’s the skills, knowledge and passion of our volunteers that helps to make our museum special. With exciting roles across the museum, our volunteers have an opportunity to make a positive impact on our visitors and enhance our understanding of the collection.

Please note: We are currently in the process of remobilising our Volunteer and Student Placement Programme. We hope to have many exciting opportunities to offer you soon. In the meantime, if you have an enquiry about our Volunteering Programme, please email volunteering@scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk.

Current volunteering roles

Operation OUch! exhibition Volunteer

Deadline: 23.00 on 31 May 2023

Role description

We are creating a team of enthusiastic volunteers to be part of our new upcoming immersive exhibition, Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You. Volunteers will play a key role, engaging with visitors of all ages and facilitating object handling with key objects, helping enhance the visitor experience within the exhibition. 

To request an application form, get in touch with us at volunteering@scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk.

STEM Ambassadors

If you have a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) background and would like to share your knowledge and experience with young people, then you could become a STEM Ambassador. Check our STEM section to learn more about the STEM Ambassadors Programme and the STEM Ambassador Hub Trans-Pennine managed by the Science Museum Group.

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