Welcome to Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums Volunteering

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (or TWAM) manage ten museums and galleries across the North East. The venues are:

• Arbeia South Shields Roman Fort (South Shields)  
• Discovery Museum (Newcastle upon Tyne)
• Great North Museum: Hancock (Newcastle upon Tyne)
• Hatton (Newcastle upon Tyne)
• Laing Art Gallery (Newcastle upon Tyne)
• Segedunum Roman Fort (Wallsend)
• Shipley Art Gallery (Gateshead)
• South Shields Museum & Art Gallery (South Shields)
• Stephenson Steam Railway (North Shields)
• Tyne & Wear Archives (based in the Discovery Museum)

One of our most important aims is to make a positive difference in people’s lives through the exhibitions, programmes and services we deliver.

This is where you come in.

Volunteers are essential to the work that we do. You can help to ensure that all of our museums and galleries are innovative, imaginative, creative, totally inclusive, secure and sustainable.

In turn, we hope volunteering will help you to develop new skills and interests, meet friendly, like-minded people, gain confidence and a sense of well-being, and even strengthen your CV, or curriculum vitae.

We want all our volunteers to have an enjoyable and rewarding time and to feel part of the team that delivers a world class museums service to the communities of the North East and beyond.

So why not come and join us?

Getting Started

Use this space to find out about new opportunities to volunteer and make a positive contribution to our museums and galleries. New opportunities will be added regularly, making it easier for you to get involved, whether you have 10 minutes to spare or want to volunteer on a weekly basis.

Please note - The Volunteer team is currently short staffed so there may be delays in responding to queries, we will reply as soon as possible. 

Ready to get started? Register as a volunteer now.

Work Experience

We are sorry to let you know that under the current circumstances, work experience placements are suspended. 

We hope to be able to respond to enquiries soon. Please bear with us as we transition to new ways of working in our wonderful museums and galleries.

We will ensure that the information is kept up to date and let you know when we are accepting applications again.

If you have any questions about this, please get in touch at volunteering@twmuseums.org.uk