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An opportunity to care for the garden and grounds of Historylinks Museum. Weeding, attending vegetables and tubs, looking after outdoor exhibitions, emptying the bin and taking care of the carpark area.

The Volunteer would be working front of house welcoming visitors to the museum and in the small gift shop.

Orkney Archive has a collection of over 70,000 donated photographs, capturing the history and community of Orkney as far back as 1870. They are looking for a small number of dedicated volunteers to work on the epic process of making this huge resource more accessible. Volunteers will input the information written on the back of the images into a database enabling these images to be searchable. The work would suit someone who enjoys local history, working accurately, in a calm and peaceful environment.

Bud, a 18-tonne truck that transforms into an interactive mobile micro museum and travels across Scotland visiting schools and attending events across the country. Exhibits within the interactive mobile micro museum include historical artefacts, interactive displays and the moving stories of veterans and their families who have been supported by Poppyscotland. Visitors to Bud will also have the opportunity to make their own poppy using the same methods as the 34 strong team of disabled veterans at Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh, who still hand-produce the three million poppies and 10,0000 wreaths for the annual Scottish Poppy Appeal. There are no barriers to volunteering on Bud as the truck is fully accessible with a wheelchair lift at the side of the truck and we will always ensure disabled toilets are available. About the opportunity: As a Bud Heritage Volunteer, you will support the delivery of the Bud project when Bud is in your area, next dates Bud is in Angus will be 17th, 19th, 20th & 21st April. This could see you supporting in one of the key tasks below:  Welcome members of the public and groups (schools, girl guides, brownies, cubs, cadets etc.) visiting Bud on their arrival  To deliver activities both indoor and outdoor as planned by the Bud team  To assist with evaluation of Bud by encouraging feedback and collecting data  To be flexible in the performance of the post and undertake duties requested by the Bud team  Support the staff team in set up and take down at visits and events. Support staff in the delivery of activities with schools, groups and public visitors If you would like to see Bud please get in touch.

Become part of the long and wonderful volunteering history at Thirlestane Castle by being a member of the team that brings its heritage to life for everyone to share. We’re really excited to introduce this new volunteer role. If you love being outdoors, Thirlestane Castle has over 500 acres of parkland to enjoy. As you can imagine with an estate of that size, much work goes into its upkeep to ensure it always looks its best for our visitors. This role includes planting and weeding, grass cutting and general grounds maintenance.

Become part of the long and wonderful volunteering history at Thirlestane Castle by being a member of the team that brings its heritage to life for everyone to share. Our volunteer helpers are friendly and welcoming of our visitors. They support tour guides and then provide hospitality to visitors in the tearoom and gift shop. We are looking for people who enjoy engaging with a range of different people and who are good communicators. We ask our helpers to commit to a minimum of two days a month with each day lasting up to four hours. However, this is totally flexible and will depend upon your own commitments.

Become part of the long and wonderful volunteering history at Thirlestane Castle by being a member of the team that brings its heritage to life for everyone to share. Thirlestane Castle is open to the public for guided tours from May to September, and for private guided tours the rest of the year. We receive five-star reviews for our guided tours which are delivered with passion and often humour by our guides who help to bring to life the castle’s long history. If you have an interest in history and enjoy engaging with the public, you may like to become a tour guide. Any time that our guides can give is appreciated but as a guideline, we recommend committing to a minimum of two sessions per month – each session lasting up to 4 hours. However, this is totally flexible and will depend upon your own commitments.

The Devil's Porridge Museum is based at Eastriggs in the Annandale and Eskdale area of Dumfries and Galloway. There are different opportunities to meet and greet visitors to the Museum or help in the café or play your part behind the scenes

If you have a few hours free to help during opening times 10-4pm weekdays, training and support provided. This is a rural museum located in Dunbeath Caithness we provide historic and cultural information to the public and is primarily operated by volunteers. opening hours are subject to change dependant on the availability of volunteers. the aim is to make Dunbeath Heritage Museum a destination point rather than a drive-through location, but volunteer support needed in the museum. Volunteers needed all year around to help with inventory and 'behind the scenes' work

We are looking to expand our team of enthusiastic and reliable volunteers to run our new museum, based in Prestonpans Town Hall. From running the reception and small gift shop, to guiding guests around the exhibitions, from running family-friendly craft activities to supporting historical research projects, we are looking to build a team which is involved and engaged in what we do. The main task of our volunteer is to support the museum being open at weekends, giving as many or as few days as you can.