Our collections volunteers work together in small teams preserving, enhancing, and displaying the exhibits. It’s an opportunity to learn new skills and to share them in turn with others. It’s a very friendly environment so tea, coffee, and biscuits are also involved!

Recent projects have involved:
Caring for, and reframing, old photographs.
Researching the history of Nidderdale’s dams to produce new display boards.
Organising and cataloguing the extensive maps collection .
Conserving the leather books and cases.
Refreshing the displays of period clothes and costumes.

As well as hands-on activities, there are also opportunities to help with computer-based tasks, managing the collections database and beginning the process of curating an online experience to showcase the collection for anyone with a screen.