Poole Museum Volunteers

Poole Museum Volunteers Poole Museum will be opening in Summer 2025. We are recruiting new volunteers to help us welcome visitors. Fantastic news!

If you would like to know more then take a look at our website by using the link in this post. This is where you will find more information about volunteer roles at Poole Museum & Scaplen's Court as well as opportunities supporting other activities in the BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) area. We are always looking for people with specific skills, as well as those who are keen to learn n

ew skills. Whether you want to gain experience in a particular sector, pass your knowledge on to others, make new friends or give something back to the community - we've got a role for you! Poole Museum has been successful in it’s ‘Our Museum: Rediscovering Poole’s Maritime Heritage’ bid, and has been awarded a £2.24 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Poole Museum will be transformed into an outstanding cultural centre and community hub by the Spring of 2024. This award, made possible by National Lottery players, represents a significant part of the total project budget of £4.37 million. Coming Soon.....
Visitor Welcome Volunteers : a team of volunteers with the
specific focus on creating an inclusive welcome and supporting
learning and engagement programmes across the whole venue
Oral History Volunteer programme: a structured group
volunteering programme alongside a professional oral historian to
carry out interviews for inclusion in permanent displays
Volunteer Research and Collections Roles: Roles within Poole
History Centre and throughout our collections, to support display
developing, involving transcribing log books and journals, digitisation
and documentation and targeted research

06/01/2026

Quick update! 📢

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Thanks for all your support over the years! 🧡

11/04/2025
09/04/2025

A behind-the-scenes walkthrough of the transformation currently taking place inside Poole Museum, filmed towards the end of 2024. Learn more about our redeve...

20/01/2025

📢 Don't forget to book your place on the 'Curators Talk and Tour' for our Men of Iron exhibition at Lighthouse Poole this Saturday 18 January from 2-3pm 📢

Led by the museum's exhibition curator, Joe Raine, alongside seasoned commercial photographer and former Arts University Bournemouth student and lecturer Jack Daniels, join this dynamic duo as they take you through Poole’s industrial heritage, intriguing archaeological discoveries, and discuss how the photographers were able to take such incredible images of Poole Foundry's workers 40 years ago! 📸

Find out more and book a space now 👉 bit.ly/4agNgxT

20/01/2025

ICYMI: 📢 FREE Creative Writers Workshops ✨✍️

Calling all writers with a passion for storytelling! If you're inspired by history and want to create compelling tales for children and young adults, then sign up to one of our Museum Scribbler workshops in the Men of Iron exhibition at Lighthouse Poole.

Run by our Community Curator, the lovely Erni, who is herself a published author, come and let history fuel your imagination and be inspired by the striking images that tell the story of Poole Foundry's workers 🙌📚🛠️

📅 25 January and 22 February 2025
🕐 10am - 12pm
🎟️ FREE - book now!

Whether you're a seasoned writer or just starting, this is your chance to join our welcoming group where you can share ideas, hone your craft and unlock new stories! 💡

Book onto one of our FREE sessions today 👉 bit.ly/40p0CVq

BCP Council

20/01/2025

We've recently acquired a significant piece of work by renowned English painter and printmaker, John Piper, thanks to the generous donations from our supporters 🎨🙌

The newly acquired gouache and collage on paper work, created in 1951, depicts Poole’s stunning Guildhall, although it was originally titled 'Customs House' by Piper due to the similarities between the two buildings’ entrances 🏛️

Throughout his career, Piper frequently returned to the landscapes and architecture of Dorset, with Poole and surrounding areas providing further inspiration for his atmospheric depictions of coastal scenery, ancient churches, and the rugged beauty of the English countryside 🏞️

It was acquired from Roseberys Auctioneers in London and will go on display in our new Ceramics, Art and Design Gallery once we reopen 👏

Find out more from Roseberys 👉 bit.ly/3Cc5p3f

14/12/2024

Have you bought all your Christmas goodies yet?! 🎅🛍️

With only two weekends left for Christmas shopping, we thought we'd share this item from the museum's archives - a receipt for the purchase of a Christmas tree for the museum 🎄

The tree was purchased from the local fish and poultry merchants F. Dibben & Sons in the 1970s, when Poole Museum relocated to the Guildhall 🏛️

Next Christmas, you'll be able to purchase a range of locally sourced gifts from our new museum shop 👏

Sign up to our newsletter to receive the latest redevelopment updates, collection news, activites and more 👉 bit.ly/4gSmdeY

12/12/2024

If you get the chance to walk the Poole Christmas Maritime Light Trail down to Poole Quay, you'll see the Sea Music Sculpture is beautifully illuminated with festive lights spelling out 'Poole' ✨

This stunning piece by renowned sculptor Sir Anthony Caro, celebrates the town's deep connection to the sea - a theme that will be central to our new galleries when we reopen 🌊

Poole Harbour's vibrant maritime backdrop will come to life in our new galleries, showcasing Poole's rich seafaring history and bringing the town's story to life in new and exciting ways - we can't wait! 🙌

06/12/2024

Behold the brand new lift in Scaplen's Court which will be beautifully clad to seamlessly blend with the historic surroundings 🤩📸

This is a huge milestone in our redevelopment journey and a key step in our commitment to inclusivity, making Scaplen's Court fully accessible for the first time ever 🎉

Whether you’re visiting for the history, a warm drink, an exciting event, or just the incredible atmosphere once we reopen next year, Scaplen’s Court and Gardens will be easier than ever to explore 👏

We can't wait to welcome everyone back to experience this incredible space when we reopen - and even try out our new lift!

05/12/2024

We're celebrating all our amazing volunteers who give their time, passion, and skills to make a difference to our museum and the local community, on International Volunteer Day 💛

They play a vital part in the museum experience and undertake a variety of roles including unearthing history as collections and research volunteers, preserving stories as oral history volunteers, beautifying our spaces as gardeners and maintenance volunteers, and supporting us behind the scenes as admin volunteers amongst other important roles 📜🎙️🌿💻

They help us bring history to life and create a place where everyone can connect with culture and community - so a massive 'THANK YOU' to each and every one of you! ⭐

We're currently recruiting for more volunteers ahead of reopening next year - find out more here and sign up 👉 https://app.betterimpact.com/PublicOrganization/914795ab-f7b8-49d9-a11a-848a65cbad83/1

Poole Museum Volunteers

04/12/2024

📢⏳ Last chance to apply for our Freelance Curator job opportunity!

If you're passionate about curating, exhibition design, and community engagement or know someone who is, then make sure you don't out on this exciting new role in our Ceramics, Art, and Design Gallery!

You'll get involved in:

🏺Object selection
🎨 Exhibition layouts
💻 Digital interactives
📚 Educational programming
📰 Press support

Applications close soon - apply now and be part of something engaging, to help shape our new gallery space! 🌟

Find out more 👉 poolemuseum.org.uk/freelance-curator-vacancy

Wessex Museums BCP Council Poole BID Dorset Chamber Make it Bournemouth Christchurch BID

03/12/2024

📜 'According to the custom of the town of Poole' 📜

Poole's Coat of Arms is a proud symbol of our town’s heritage. It was first recorded in 1563 and officially confirmed by the College of Arms in 1948, where the colours were recorded for the first time 🛡️🎨

This historic emblem reminds us of Poole’s incredible maritime history as our exciting redevelopment continues ⚓

Sign up to our newsletter to receive regular updates on the redevelopment and find out what we've been getting up to 👉 bit.ly/4gSmdeY

Can you guess where this Coat of Arms is displayed? Bonus points if you know what each of the images represent! 👇

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The Culture Volunteers Poole programme is run by the Culture & Community Learning Volunteer Manager for the Borough of Poole and a dedicated team of Volunteer Coordinators who are based at Poole Museum. Volunteering has long been a central feature of Poole Museum Service’s operations and longstanding volunteer groups have made the creation of the poolehistory web-site and the opening of Scaplen’s Court Garden possible. The present, broader programme originated in 2009 and was based from the start on best practice and partnering opportunities. There are now over 800 registered volunteers contributing across a wide area of activity to help make our cultural services excellent. In 2011/12 at least 4,000 volunteer hours were contributed to activities ranging from gardening to Twin Sails celebrations stewarding. The programme has now expanded to not only providing opportunities in Museums, but also Libraries, Sports and Recreation and Skills and Learning across Poole. You will gain so much by getting involved in our cultural activities such as life-long learning, work experience, making new friends and contacts and re-adapting to the work place.

We welcome everyone to come and experience Culture in Poole.