The Arts Society Heritage Volunteers are teams of committed non-specialist volunteers who work under the guidance of curators and other professionals to help conserve our heritage. They give their time to care for collections, record documents and act as guides and stewards. The Arts Society Heritage Volunteers undertake projects for:
- museums
- National Trust properties
- historic houses & gardens
- libraries
Current projects across the country include:
- On-site conservation of books, manuscripts, archives and maps
- Cataloguing documents and archival listing
- Conservation of arms and armour, medals and military silver
- Preventative conservation of textiles, replica work and the creation of period costumes
- Guiding and stewarding in museums, historic houses and gardens