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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port

The Waterways Archive collects, preserves and makes publicly available records relating to our inland waterways. These include plans, drawings, accounts, photographs and letters.

This is an opportunity to work with the archives team, gaining valuable experience working on a range of projects associated with the archives of National Waterways Museum Collection.

Tasks could include:

  • Cataloguing records
  • Re-cataloguing and reboxing records
  • Researching the collection
  • Working on exhibition research
  • Helping with research enquiries by letter and email, including family history enquiries
  • Writing features and news items for the Virtual Waterways website
  • Assisting with the management of the library collections - shelving, tidying, listing

Get in touch to find out more and volunteer:

Aged 16-25

Aged 25 and over

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