Gallery Steward

As a Steward, you will:

• Welcome and assist visitors to the museum

• Inform them of any new exhibitions

• Answer any questions they may ave

• Help record visitor information

• Promote and sell products in our small shop

• Help signpost other attractions in town

If you are enthusiastic, friendly, have excellent communication skills, and are eager to learn, this is the role for you.

Education Volunteer

We are refreshing our schools and learning programme with our ‘History in a Box - Let’s Explore’ initiative, providing an excellent opportunity to become on of our Education Volunteers. As an Education Volunteer, you will:

• Learn to deliver object handling sessions and workshops for schools and other organisations

• Welcome and host school visits to the museum

• Help deliver our outreach programme (may require short journeys) delivering workshops and object handling sessions

• Help maintain our object handling boxes

• Support fellow volunteers with sessions

• Help local children learn the history of the town in an engaging and fun way

If you are willing to understand and inspire children, are able to deal with busy situations, keep to workshop delivery schedules and have a willingness to participate, be flexible and reliable, then this is the role for you. A driver’s licence will be helpful and a PVG check may be required.

Activities Volunteer

We hold regular activities for children to learn about the museum, our exhibitions, the town and the people or simply, just for fun! As an Activities Volunteer, you will:

• Help deliver activities to engage children over the weekend or during school holidays, these can be scavenger hunts to crafting, quizzes to competitions, and more

• Help at organised events for children such as LEGO builds, storytelling, crafting sessions etc

• Assist in the creation and development of such activities

Experience of working with children and developing similar activities will be beneficial. A PVG check may be required.

Collections Volunteer

We have over 2000 objects in our care, some of which reside in our museum store. As a Collections Volunteer, you will assist the Museum Curator:

• Add new items

• Label and package objects safely and securely

• Assist with the digitising of our objects

• Ensure the database is up-to-date

• Help set up exhibitions

• Carry out basic object cleaning, particularly those in our galleries

If you are fascinated with history and want to contribute to the collection and care of Linlithgow’s heritage, this is the role for you.

Content Creator/Storyteller

With over 2000 objects in our care and with Linlithgow’s rich history and heritage, we have many stories to tell about these objects, the people, the town and surrounding area. As a Content Creator/Storyteller, you will:

• Assist the Museum Co-ordinator create content for the website, social media channels, newsletters and more, through research and crafting stories about Linlithgow’s history, its people and our artefacts

• Help the Museum Co-ordinator develop short, informative, videos telling Linlithgow’s stories

• Provide information for our Gallery Stewards to help answer questions from visitors

If you enjoy history, research, writing and storytelling, this is the role for you.

Reminiscence Volunteer

We are looking for volunteers to join our reminiscence team and engage with residents of local care and residential homes and other relevant organisations or groups. Our goal is to create positive experiences for local people living with dementia or simply want to revisit old memories. Through objects, images and music, you will encourage participants to share their memories and stories. As a Reminiscence Volunteer, you will:

• Host reminiscence sessions in the Museum’s Community Space

• Participate in outreach sessions visiting care and residential homes, and other organisations or groups relevant to the delivery of reminiscence sessions

• Help develop and deliver a range of reminiscence activities, arranging the loan of a reminiscence box from our colleagues at the West Lothian Council Museums Service & Archive, and helping creating additional reminiscence boxes using topic material from our collection or other sources

• Assist with the recording of oral histories, if participants are willing to share their stories as part of the museum’s collection.

If you have good social skills, a friendly manner and have an interest in engaging with the elderly or those with dementia, this is the role for you. A driver’s licence would be helpful and a PVG check may be required.

Friend of Linlithgow Museum

If you don’t have time to volunteer with us on a regular basis, you can join the Friends of Linlithgow Museum network who help us out at individual events, openings, fundraising activities or help with a particular project.