The Arts Society actively encourages members to get involved in volunteering on heritage and cultural projects.

Members are engaged in work ranging from guiding and stewarding in museums, to onsite book and archive conservation.  Training is available.

The list below gives a flavour of the many London based organisations which use volunteers to help in their work.  

For more detailed information please click on this link to send us an email - volunteers@theartssocietywestminster.org

To view the full listing of volunteering opportunities for 2025  - click on the OUR SOCIETY tab at the top of this page.  On the drop down menu select Documents.  You will then see a list of available documents.  Just click on one to view!

The picture shows a volunteer greeting and hosting at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich:

Any necessary training is provided, as well as comprehensive The Arts Society insurance cover.

• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HOUSE Craven Street, WC2N 5NF - front of house, one day weekly
• CONWAY HALL 25 Red Lion Square WC1 4RL - experienced book conservationist
• DESIGN MUSEUM  Kensington High Street W8 6AG - training given for welcomers, library, family activities
• DICKENS MUSEUM 48 Doughty Street WC1N 2LX - volunteers as room stewards am or pm
• EMERY WALKER HOUSE 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Chiswick W6 9TS - tour guides required – training given
• DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM Kingston University SW15 3RN volunteers front of house and stewards – flexible hours
• FOUNDLING MUSEUM 40 Brunswick Square WC1N 1AZ - stewarding and reception work - flexible hours
• THE GUARDS MUSEUM Wellington Barracks SW1E 6HQ - front desk - flexible hours and days
• HANDEL HOUSE MUSEUM Lambeth Palace Road SE1 7LB - stewarding and range of gallery activities
• HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY MUSEUM Whitehall  SW1A 2AX - Stewards and tour guides - flexible rota
• LEIGHTON HOUSE MUSEUM Kensington W14 8LZ - volunteers needed for a variety of roles - training given
• LINLEY  SAMBOURNE HOUSE 18 Stafford Terrace W8 7BH - volunteers needed for a variety of roles - training given
• MUSEUM OF ARMY MUSIC Twickenham TW2 7DN - volunteers to assist in cataloguing photographs
• THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Richmond TW9 4DU - volunteers for specified jobs
• OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE Greenwich SE10 9LW - Currently looking for volunteers as tour guides - training given
• ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY 14 Stephenson Way NW1 2HD - volunteers needed for archive work
• ST SAVIOURS CHURCH Pimlico SW1V 3QW - volunteers to clean and repair kneelers
• SIR JOHN SOANE MUSEUM Lincoln’s Inn Fields WC2A 3BP - volunteers needed as visitor assistants – flexible hours
• STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE Waldegrave Road TW1 4ST - volunteers needed for room guides and front of house
• TURNER’S HOUSE Sandycombe Road TW1 2LR - front of house duties, meeting and greeting
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Gower Street WC1E 6BT - book preservation in library and archives
• WESTMINSTER CITY ARCHIVES CENTRE 10 St Ann’s Street SW1P 2DE - book and paper repair