Volunteering with Sir John Soane’s Museum

At Sir John Soane’s Museum we are extremely grateful to our wonderful volunteers for sharing their time, passion and inspiration with us.

Volunteering with us is an opportunity to learn and to deeply enjoy our Museum and collection. Our volunteers contribute their time, sharing their enthusiasm and developing their skills in an inspiring and supportive environment. 

We offer full training and provide support, supervision and learning materials to make the most of volunteering with us. Best of all, we welcome our volunteers into a warm, friendly and passionate team. 

Our Volunteering Roles

At Sir John Soane’s Museum we recruit sporadically through each year with a variety of opportunities to Volunteer with us.

Volunteers at the Soane support Visitor Experience, helping us to inspire visitors, and interpreting our unique and fascinating spaces. We also have volunteers helping in different ways, such as supporting our learning team, research library, exhibitions and facilities teams.  

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community and nurture a diverse and widely-skilled team. We encourage applications regardless of class, race, ethnicity, age or gender, and no particular education is necessary prior to volunteering. Our training gives you confidence, comfort, and a big welcome to the team, and you will learn more with every volunteering session at the Museum. You definitely don't need to learn everything before you start, and at the heart of volunteering with us is simply enjoying the amazing spaces and objects here.     

For volunteering related general enquiries please email volunteer@soane.org.uk.

Please note - Volunteers must be over 18 years. Please see below for details of our Youth Panel. 

Work Experience/Placements and Internships 

We are not able to accept work experience requests currently.

We offer other ways for young people to get involved with the work at Sir John Soane’s Museum, including our Youth Panel.

Current opportunities

Exhibitions Volunteer

We are looking for someone to assist the Exhibitions Department of the Museum.

You will be involved in creating an online exhibition to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of J.M.W. Turner. This will include helping to collate and deliver the exhibition content in consultation with the Soane Museum’s Head of Exhibitions.

As this project will launch in April 2025, we are looking for someone who can start working on this project as soon as possible. Once this project wraps up, there may be opportunities to be involved in various projects related to our upcoming exhibitions.

Availability

We hope that you’ll be able to join us for about a day each week for a period of 3-4 months, although these hours can be spread across several days. We are happy to discuss individual flexibility and work around commitments for all other projects.

How to apply

To apply please send a CV and cover letter to volunteer@soane.org.uk to Victoria Witty, Volunteer Manager. Please contact us for reasonable adjustments and help applying for this role.

Closing date

Tuesday 21 January 10am

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community and you don’t need to have volunteered before.

More information see the role profile here.

 

For more information about volunteering please click below to enter our Volunteer Portal.

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