4 tips for a career in museums

Key tips from the Museums Association

Volunteering in a library

Supporting library staff and users

Running a museum

Becoming manager of Bradford Industrial Museum

Organising Pestival arts event

Getting started with a large-scale arts festival

Ashanti Rattray, Wandsworth Museum apprentice

Laurie Lambeth, dry stone waller

Laurie won a Heritage Skills Award.

Molly Brookfield, exhibitions

"It’s a pleasure handling older historical objects."

Hywel Pontin, Director

Director

Conservator

Examining each item to assess and record damage

Marketing and PR

Attracting the right attention to the heritage site

Publishing

Producing books or other written material

Archivist

Looking after archive materials