Make new friends, work with an amazing collection and gain new skills. Come and join our team of talented volunteers and you'll help make a real difference.
It’s the skills, knowledge and passion of our volunteers that helps to make our museum special. With exciting roles across the museum, our volunteers have an opportunity to make a positive impact on our visitors and enhance our understanding of the collection.
Become a volunteer
Current roles
Platform Steward
Would you like to help our visitors experience one of our most popular attractions at the museum?
Bring the railways to life for our visitors by supporting with the running of passenger trains. Acting as the interface between our Operations team and the train crew, you will help us prepare for train rides, welcome and engage visitors, check tickets and help maintain a safe working passenger environment.
We believe in a culture that recognises and values different experiences, mindsets and expertise and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
You can apply for this position via our careers site.
We only promote volunteering opportunities when our teams have the capacity to welcome new volunteers.
Keep an eye on this page for updates or contact our Volunteer Management Team, Katrina and Grace, at volunteer.nrm@railwaymuseum.org.uk, to join our mailing list and be the first to hear when we’re recruiting other roles.