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Become a Youth Collections Ambassador or join Collections Club

We’re looking for young people to become Youth Collections Ambassadors and join our Collections Club to help us to develop our story and object collections.

Youth Collections Ambassadors

The Story Museum’s Youth Collections Ambassadors are a group of young people aged 11-16 who work with the Museum’s Collections team to help to develop the 1001 Stories collection and the Object collection. This is a voluntary role.

We are looking for young people who:

  • are aged 11-16
  • love stories and want to share them and talk about them
  • want to learn new skills and meet new people
  • are interested in finding out and being part of what goes on behind the scenes in a museum

The role

As a Youth Collections Ambassador you will have the opportunity to:

  • help to shape The Story Museum’s 1001 Stories collection
  • send reviews, recommendations and suggestions of stories to be included in our 1001 Stories collection. (Reviews will be published in regular newsletters and will form part of the information held by the Museum on the stories.)
  • be part of the collections development process and feed into decisions about objects to acquire
  • help to develop collections information available in the galleries – writing captions, interpretation boards and information booklets

What you will get:

  • 6 newsletters per year
  • a membership pack sent on joining (including membership card, bookmark, lanyard and name badge)
  • invitations to termly meetings at The Story Museum (up to 6 per year)
  • free books to review
  • the opportunity to develop transferable skills you can use in the future
  • experience of working in a museum

If you would like to join the Youth Collections Ambassadors please contact our Collections Manager, Cath Hogan at cath.hogan@storymuseum.org.uk


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Collections Club

Who is it for?

We are looking for young people who:

  • are aged 7-11
  • love stories and want to share their favourites
  • want to know what happens behind the scenes at a museum

What will you do?

As a member of Collections Club you will:

  • help us to choose the stories for our 1001 Stories Collection
  • send us reviews, recommendations and suggestions of stories to be included in the 1001. (Reviews will be published in regular newsletters and will form part of the information held by the museum on the stories.)
  • help us to decide what objects we should display and what we should tell people about them

What you will get:

  • 4 newsletters per year which include your reviews, recommendations, news about the 1001 and Object Collection, and advice about what should be included in our museum.
  • Rewards for the reviews you send to us
  • Up to 3 free visits to the Museum per year

If you would like to join Collections Club please contact our Collections Manager, Cath Hogan at cath.hogan@storymuseum.org.uk

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