Become a volunteer to work with the Heritage Team at Barnstaple Town Council as part of the Exhibitions Team. This would involve helping to organise, plan and set up internal exhbitions and also help to set up external exhibitions.
Task will vary depending on the type of activity/event. Typical tasks include:
- Working with the Heritage Team to plan, design and create exhibitions from scratch
- Assist with sourcing relevant artefacts either from BTC collections or elsewhere.
- Preparing exhibition spaces
- Manual handling of artefacts
- Setting out display items for visitors
- Creating captions, collating photos, producing leaflets etc.
Assist with developing interactive elements for exhibitions e.g., quizzes, maps, guides, games.