Tewkesbury Museum
Non-profit or charity
A small, friendly museum with loads of opportunities for anyone interested in the history of our town.
Arts, Culture and Heritage, Education
About Tewkesbury Museum
Tewkesbury Museum is a small independent museum founded in 1962, currently run entirely by volunteers. We occupy a beautiful mid-C17th timber-framed building – an exhibit in its own right. We are accredited by the Arts Council.
Our vision is ‘to be the best small museum in Gloucestershire’ and out mission is to ‘collect and conserve artefacts and other objects with a strong connection to Tewkesbury and the surrounding area, and promote public knowledge of its history and heritage by displaying and interpreting a selection of these items.’
Our collection consists of around 7,000 objects or groups of objects and a similar number of paintings, prints and photographs. These are displayed in our six exhibition rooms or kept in store. They are recorded in a ‘Modes’ database.
As we don’t have any employees, so we always need lots of good volunteers! There are so many different things to do in a museum that there’s bound to be a role to suit you – so please get in touch!
Ongoing
Ongoing role · Flexible hours
Volunteers to help with our collections and exhibitions
We need several volunteers to help us complete and build on a Lottery funded project to improve our collections care and update our exhibitions.
Ongoing role · 3—6 hrs/Week
Treasurer/Trustee to manage our finances
We need an experienced person to carry out all aspects of financial management, including paying our suppliers and preparing our accounts and forecasts.
Ongoing role · 3—4 hrs/Week
Volunteer Manager to help us enhance our team of trustees and volunteers
We need an enthusiastic person to help us develop our pool of trustees and volunteers. You will advertise opportunities, brief applicants & help with training.