Heritage Volunteers at Work
Our HVs are currently engaged on a variety of different projects including:
In-situ conservation of books, manuscripts, archives and maps
Cataloguing documents and archival listing
Conservation of metalwork. Cleaning and cataloguing arms and armour, medals and military silver
Preventative conservation of textiles. Replica work, creation of period costumes and methods of storage
Guiding – for all types of groups. Stewarding – in museums, historic houses or gardens
Gardens – research and recording
Documentation of objects including listing and transcribing
Visit our case studies page to find out what a Heritage Volunteer and a Curator had to say about two recent projects.
