Heritage Volunteers are teams of committed non-specialist volunteers who work under the guidance of curators and other professionals to help conserve our heritage.
They undertake projects for museums, historic houses, gardens and libraries.They give their time to care for collections, record documents and act as guides and stewards.
Projects might include:
- On-site conservation of books, manuscripts, archives and maps
- Cataloguing documents and archival listing
- Conservation of arms and armour, medals and military silver
- Preventative conservation of textiles, replica work and creation of period costumes
- Guiding and stewarding in museums, historic houses and gardens
Our four local heritage sites, Chiswick House, Hogarth’s House, Emery Walker House and the William Morris Society at Kelmscott House Hammersmith, are always looking for volunteers in a number of roles.
Volunteering opportunities in London are available at the sites listed here. If you are interested, please email chair.tasch@gmail.com for further information.
The image shows Chiswick Heritage Volunteers helping on a project at Kneller Hall.