Found 23 Museums & Heritage volunteering opportunities in Australia

Do you enjoy talking to children and young people? Are you looking to share your skills, or develop new skills, in Teaching or Museum Education? The National Trust (NSW) is currently recruiting volunteers to work as Education Guides in our prestigious Parramatta property!

Would you like to preserve and share the rich legacy of the Everglades? Come join us in the beautiful tea rooms of the Everglades to welcome visitors and contribute to its smooth operations.

The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) are seeking interested people to assist in the continued maintenance of the historic ship Polly Woodside and her surrounds. Now is your chance to join our passionate team of volunteers and enjoy being part of a once in a life opportunity to work with an historic ship.

Join our dynamic team of volunteers and embark on a journey of discovery at our museum space! Support work that combats antisemitism, racism, & prejudice. Museum sector position. We are looking for people passionate about volunteering within a museum that’s mission is to combat antisemitism, racism, and prejudice.

The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) are seeking a Exhibition Room Attendants to assist us with various exhibitions throughout 2024 at Como House and Gardens. An exciting design exhibition is being held in the historic home, Tablescaping which will explore the art of table service and design. Followed by NTAV annual Christmas at Como installation later in the year. Now is your chance to join our passionate team of volunteers and enjoy being part of museum operations and exhibits.

The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) are seeking a Volunteers to assist in costume creation. Are you handy with a needle and thread? We are looking for volunteers to assist with making period outfits for our education facilitators. Now is your chance to join our passionate team of volunteers.

We are looking to set up tours that specifically cater to blind, vision impaired, hard of hearing, deaf and neurodiverse visitors to the Bradman Museum and Oval. If you have experience in Auslan delivery, the delivery of multi-sensory or audio museum/art/cultural experiences, or improving visitor experiences for neurodiverse folks, and you would be interested in contributing to the design and/or delivery of these tours and supporting resources, please get in touch.

As an orginisation the Historic Ketch Falie requires a committee to maintain the orginisation and require a succession plan of recruitment to go forward into the future.

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.

Are you an imaginative, enthusiastic and effective communicator? The IMA is seeking Tour Guides to join the volunteer team and play a key role in connecting and inspiring our school and adult visitors.

We are in need of Information Guides and Restoration Assistants who will help preserve the Far North’s aviation and WW2 history. You will build on your current skill set whilst helping grow FNQ Aviation Museum. Help grow the museum and build it up to a place where you will be able to bring your friends and family and enjoy the fruits of your labour from the future Centre & café.

We have a range of exciting artefacts that have been recently donated and need to be photographed and uploaded to our museum collection. If you have your own photography equipment and are interested in supporting this project, please get in touch.

The Bradman Museum shop sells a curated selection of new and vintage collectables, books, sport apparel, mementos, children’s toys and more. If you have experience in designing store layouts and visual merchandising displays to maximise customer experience and sales potential, we’d love to learn from you. We also have an online store front which we are in the process of redesigning on top of doing a merchandising refresh with brand-new branding thanks to our design partners.

Do you know your way around the socials and have experience in marketing? We are looking for someone to assist our team in this space. Ideally, you could help us put together a basic social media marketing plan and work with our graphics team to develop a range of social media templates. This could be an initial consultation or an ongoing opportunity.

We are excited to be expanding the Sir Donald Bradman research library collection with a donation of a significant personal collection in 2024. We are looking for someone to assist with the organisation and cataloguing of this new collection. We are also looking for assistance with the establishment of research library loan partnerships and processes within our broader library network and research librarian services on an ad-hoc basis.

We are embarking on the digitisation of a large historical collection of photographs into the museum collection. This will involve organising, scanning and saving photographs from the archives, and carefully returning to archives. Get in touch if you would like to have a rare glimpse into history and a hand in making these memorial snapshots accessible to an international audience. This could be an ongoing opportunity.

Conservation Cleaners – Duties include best practices in preventative cleaning of heritage objects and materials associated with Gulf Station. Training will be provided

Located in a beautifully restored two storey house alongside Maley's Mill, the Greenough Museum offers an insight into a bygone era. The homestead was built between 1862 and 1880 for John Maley (King of the Greenough Flats), miller, storekeeper, hotel proprietor, entrepreneur and father of 14 children. The museum examines the social life of the Front Greenough Flats from Aboriginal time until today. View the historic trees and wander the community vege garden. Open daily 8.30am to 3.00pm

Live on-site at the Women's Museum of Australia within the secure walls of the heritage-listed Old Alice Springs Gaol! You must have own caravan, (max 2.9m in height) with own shower and toilet. In exchange, we ask for 6 hours on a Saturday and 6 hours on a Sunday and a few hours per week of general light maintenance duties and roster cover when needed with two days per week off, usually Tuesday and Wednesday.

Are you passionate about cleanliness and take pride in your work? We're on the lookout for a dedicated cleaner to join our team at Lithgow SAF Museum!