Found 18 Museums & Heritage volunteering opportunities in Australia

Support work that combats antisemitism, racism, & prejudice. Library Assistant role. We are looking for people passionate about volunteering within a museum that’s mission is to combat antisemitism, racism, and prejudice.

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

The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) are seeking a Volunteers to assist in or BigCcat Project within our Collections Team. The Big Ccat Project is an online community cataloguing program designed to harness community expertise and skillsets, contribute to a sense of belonging and well-being in volunteers, and to enable community access to collections via cataloguing and publishing online. 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.

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.

Volunteers will help with ensuring that the BVHS Collection is managed and conserved in accordance with National Standards for Australian Museums and Galleries. The aim is to maintain the physical & electronic collection registers of Photographs and Objects within the museum and the machinery shed. We are gifted many items which need to be recorded so that they can be readily accessible when enquiries are made and when displays/exhibitions are being planned.

Assisting the Secretary in the administration, documentation, archiving and display elements of the Pearns Steam World museum.

To interview people in the Busselton region, following specific guidelines on the preparation for and recording of people's life stories for the Busselton Oral History Group (Inc). Position may not be suitable for job-seekers.

Interesting and diverse secretarial position on 8-person committee, great role for versatile person with computer, filing and phone skills. Building is 100 years and an important part of Busselton's history. Come and be a part of it too!

If you are proficient with bookkeeping, Excel and Word, we need you! If you enjoy working with figures and have a few hours each week to spare, this could be the ideal position for you.

We require a mature, experienced, business oriented and skilled grant writer and fundraiser to assist the museum with writing and submitting grant applications. Will also be required to source quotes, funding and grant opportunities and give advice and guidance to the committee.

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

Two positions on the Albany Cemetery Board are available to be filled. The positions, which are for 5 year terms and commence on 1 July 2021. The Board is responsible for the care, control & management of the Albany Cemetery and members are required to attend Board meetings and to be active & willing to participate in Board projects and decisions. Meetings on the 4th Wednesday of the month commencing at 4pm in the Cemetery Chapel and last about an hour. Additonall time commitment varies.

We are looking for a Board Treasurer with good financial skills and experience that have been used in business or in the community. A dedicated person interested in volunteering 2 days per week. Be part of re-creating living Tasmanian railway history for the benefit of the region.

The role of the auditor or reviewer is to give a professional and independent advice on the organization’s financial statements. The review or audit of an association’s financial report should ensure greater accountability to the members and provide an assurance that all funds received by the organisation have been correctly accounted for. The work will be undertaken in accordance with the Associations Incorporation Act of 2015.