Found 26 Museums & Heritage volunteering opportunities in Australia

The services are required of a person to co-ordinate the cataloguing and filing of photographs donated to the Macleay River Historical Society. The person will also be responsible for the maintenance of our collection of over 60,000 historical photographs and records associated with these.

The services are required of a person to meet and greet visitors to Kempsey Museum, attend to telephone calls and answer routine enquiries on the Museum’s operations such as opening hours, location and entry prices.

Victorian Goldfields Railways are looking for Kiosk and Shop Volunteers

The National Trust is seeking an active and friendly people to join our close community volunteer team in a vital role as Treasurer at historic Labassa Mansion in Caulfield. Are you good with numbers and finance? Now is your chance to join our passionate team of volunteers.

Do you enjoy talking to people and working in a team? Are you looking to develop new skills in Customer Service, Museum Interpretation and Guiding? The National Trust of Australia (NSW) is currently recruiting volunteers to work as Guides at Saumarez Homestead, Armidale.

The Monsignor Hawes Heritage Centre (MHHC) is a state-of-the-art interpretive centre, within the grounds of St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, that tells the story of architect-priest Monsignor John Cyril Hawes. The Monsignor Hawes Museum Attendant will engage with visitors to help them appreciate the wonderful story of Monsignor John Cyril Hawes and to take the opportunity to visit the many places he built in the Midwest and Gascoyne region of WA.

We require volunteers to conduct tours to guide individuals through this heritage house and provide information on the contents and history to visitors to make it an informative and enjoyable experience.

It’s all here, tourism, history, holiday programs and events! Opportunities exist for volunteers in multiple roles: heritage guides, customer service, visitor information assistants, and village “stollers” in heritage costume. If you enjoy a social chat, promoting our city, maybe a bit of local history or helping out in a school holiday program – contact us to find out more.

Do you have a sense of fun and storytelling? Our Education Guides are friendly and enthusiastic volunteers who support our education officers with guided school groups.

Assist the Workshop team in the maintenance, repair and restoration of our heritage locomotive fleet.

Help foster a pleasant visitor experience for our guests from all around the world. In this Museum Assistant role, you will be integral in representing the Emerald Museum.

Train enthusiasts - this one is for you. Bennett Brook Railway are in search of new Train Drivers to welcome tourists and visitors visiting Whiteman Park for a fun experience. This is a great opportunity to gain qualifications as full training to qualification standard will be provided if required.

Come and join a great volunteer team at Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve at our great little shop "The Stable Shop". This volunteer team carries out retail sales at our shop. They sell souvenirs, cold drinks, ice creams and packaged snacks and tickets to our visitors to the reserve. The shop is currently open weekdays and weekends ***To be referred to this role an interview with Volunteering Central Coast is required. You will be contacted soon to arrange a mutually convenient time and place. ***

Are you friendly, reliable, have a positive attitude, and good communication skills to interact with other volunteers, customers and passengers? The SteamRanger Heritage Railway Station currently has volunteer opportunities in their Retail Shop.

Do you have a passion for customer service and genuinely enjoy assisting people with their inquiries? Goolwa and Victor Harbor Railway Station are on the search for Ticket Sales Volunteers to help out at their award winning historic railway stations. The role includes calculating fares, selecting and reconciling tickets for each visit of the historic SteamRanger train. Duties also include responding to queries and offering information to visitors in a friendly and helpful manner, along with

Volunteers are needed to help out at the Historic Albany Goal (not the real one!). Training will be provided. so that you will be able to provided. Also locking and unlocking the goal. Currently looking for people to do a shift on the weekend; Saturday & or Sunday alternating shifts 10-1 or 1-4pm. Sunday 10-1. If you like to meet new people and love history this could be a great opportunity for you.

Experience in retail work preferred but not required. Conductors and guards assist with loading passengers onto train, handling the sale of tickets, and assisting the driver with physical work as required. Role is seasonal.

Do you have a love of trains? We are looking for versatile volunteers and have several different positions to fill: Driver / Guard / Signaller / Maintenance Crew and the Kiosk. In each of these positions you can also assist with roles such as customer service, public direction, ticket collection, signal operation, guard, maintenance crew etc. and eventually the elevation to 'Train Driver' for those who are interested.

Volunteer position available for Treasurer to maintain financial records for the Launceston Tramway Museum Society Inc and provide reports to the committee.

Museum work with a difference! Helping visitors to enjoy an old fashioned tram ride - training supplied.