Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

Roles available at the Discovery Museum

Roles available at Great North Museum: Hancock

Volunteer roles at Segedunum Roman Fort

Volunteer roles at South Shields Museum and Art Gallery

Volunteer roles at Stephenson Railway Museum

Volunteers are needed to help maintain and operate our heritage railway, the North Tyneside Steam Railway which runs passenger trains on selected days from Easter until early November.

We are always looking for interested people who can spare some time. There are a wide range of volunteering opportunities available, covering virtually every aspect of the Railway Museums activities. Whilst some roles require a significant time commitment and training, others do not. If you want to get your hands dirty, there are plenty of opportunities to do that, but if manual work is not for you, there are other voluntary opportunities to be involved with.

Volunteering presents you with the opportunity to meet new people, from all walks of life, gain worthwhile skills and results in a real sense of achievement. Working groups are usually held on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9.30am - 2.00pm with train operations and running days on Sundays,Bank Holidays and some Thursdays from Easter to November.

Tasks include:

Railway Operational staff including guards, operations controllers, ticket inspectors, footplate crew; steam and engineering maintenance, track maintenance; painting and gardening or, keeping the site tidy.

Personal qualities required/preferred:

Volunteers are constantly under the public gaze, so personal appearance is important. As well as having significant safety responsibilities, you must also have good communications and personal skills, both for dealing with colleagues and the general public.

Training of volunteer: Training is available for all of these jobs, some training may take hours, for others years are required.

To find out more, please contact volunteering@twmuseums.org.uk or call (0191) 277 2299

For Railway Operating volunteering, please call Trevor Wilson, Customer Facilities Manager for an informal chat on 0191 200 7146 or email trevor.wilson@twmuseums.org.uk

What is the Late Shows?

The Late Shows is a free late-night culture crawl in NewcastleGateshead on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 May 2018. Last year The Late Shows included over 70 daytime arts, culture and heritage venues staying open late for our Late Show visitors. During The Late Shows, museums, galleries, studio collectives and landmark historical buildings come together to offer visitors one-off events including hands-on workshops, behind-the-scenes tours, performances and parties.

It's all about encouraging people to do something cultural with their evening in celebration of the national event Museums at Night

http://thelateshows.org.uk/

Please click on and schedule yourself to the venue you would like to be a Late Shows steward around.

After that schedule yourself in for a briefing/training/equipment giving session on 10th May (at Discovery Museum) There are 2 sessions on that day. If you are unable to attend, please email volunteering@twmuseums.org.uk , so that we can arrange a separate hand over.

This category is for volunteer opportunities that are not venue specific but are core to the entire Museum service.