About this Event
Join Us for our Volunteering Open House Day at TNMOC!
Step into the heart of our vibrant volunteer community and see what makes us tick. You’ll have the chance to meet like-minded individuals, see restoration work in action, and discover the many ways you can contribute to the Museum’s growth. Whether you’re passionate about sharing stories with visitors, preserving historic collections, or diving into hands-on restoration, there’s a role for everyone.
For Existing Volunteers
This is a great chance to reconnect, share experiences, and expand your skills. Subject to demand, training sessions will be offered accross various machines. Plus, help welcome prospective volunteers by sharing your journey and expertise.
For Prospective Volunteers
Meet our friendly team, tour the Museum, and discover the diverse roles we have available—from guiding visitors through our historic galleries to helping restore groundbreaking machines like Colossus. Every volunteer is treated as an individual with unique skills and passions at TNMOC. No matter your background or experience, your talents and enthusiasm will find a place here.
We are charging a nominal entrance fee to provide free tea and coffee!
Please complete the and send it to [email protected] before the 18th to get started. We can’t wait to meet you!
Example Roles
Collections Management
The National Museum of Computing relies on volunteers to manage our collections. This includes everything from handling acquisitions, cataloguing, and storage. This role would appeal to people interested in museum collections management and/or with a passion for preserving historic computers and computing related artefacts.
Sub Collection Leads
Do you have a passion for a particular area of computing? Perhaps you really want to work with Data General computers, or you have a passion for electronic calculators? To handle our large collection we assign coordinators to different sub-collections. We need people with your passion and knowledge to help catalogue conserve, maintain, handle, store, and display objects.
Restorations
The National Museum of Computing is special: we preserve the experience of computing as much as artefacts. Every day we have people working on restoration and maintenance projects. If you're an electronics wiz or just eager to learn, we have projects that need your help.
Archivists
We have extensive archives, but need your help making them more accessible for the public. Our archivists catalogue, scan, store and handle material including correspondence, manuals, papers and storage media. You can be part of building what will be a world class capability for researchers everywhere. This is a unique chance to handle and care for primary source material about the computing revolution.
Room Guides
Our visitors come from all over the world and you can help them find their way around our Museum. You can be the one answering their questions, offering directions and making sure they have a great time. All you have to bring is your friendly, helpful self and a willingness to learn about our displays and to be able to commit to certain dates and times.
Tour Guides
The National Museum of Computing provides regular tours to groups of all kinds. If you want a chance to bring the story of computing to the public, there's no more better way than taking visitor groups of a tour of our Museum. You'll need to be able to tell a ripping yarn and engage with your audience. Full training will be given. If you can make a regular, scheduled commitment, please get in touch!
Ticketing & Retail
If you enjoy dealing with customers, sales, and handling money then volunteering on our ticketing desk and shop may suit you. This role would be ideal for people looking to get experience in the retail sector.
Interested in any of the above?
If any of these opportunities sound intriguing to you or would like to talk to us further, please book your ticket to join us!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 1.50
