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
Breaking News – New Project
New Book Conservation project at the Athenaeum Club
Location : The Athenaeum Club, 107, Pall Mall
The Athenaeum is a private members’ club founded in 1824 for men and women with intellectual and artistic interests. The book collection is housed in several beautiful rooms
Time: Monday mornings every other week
Project: Clean books cleaned and do minor repairs. Training in late May or early June.
Any volunteer who has previously done book conservation elsewhere must also attend this training as it will be specifically geared to this project.
No of volunteers: 8
If you are interested, please contact us urgently volunteering.tasch@gmail.com
Project to research and update information on Bedford Park artists
Training for this project at end of June. Currently we have enough volunteers
Working with the Bedford Park Society volunteers will work on updating Mainly About Bedford Park People (MABPP) — the principal source of information on notable past residents of Bedford Park
The first stage of the work involves revision/expansion of the entries on about 236 artists, architects, designers, photographers and others involved in the visual arts. Volunteers will be given specific biographies to work on. A model for entries, detailed briefing and guidance on possible sources and methodology will be provided. Researcher’s contributions will be acknowledged in the finished publication.
Please contact volunteering.tasch@gmail.com if you would like to be involved in the work on artists.
Volunteering opportunities in London are available at the sites listed here. If you are interested, please email volunteering.tasch@gmail.com for further information.
2026 Greater London Area Arts Society Volunteering Opportunities
The image shows Chiswick Heritage Volunteers helping on a project at Kneller Hall.