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Become a Trustee

Our friendly, enthusiastic and dedicated trustee group is seeking new recruits 

Following the retirement in 2023 of several trustees who made a substantial difference to the museum in recent years, we are looking for new trustees to join the Board. 

We’re looking for people who are forward thinking, open-minded, willing to contribute their time and effort, and who have a passion for the museum. Although we’re keen to welcome a diverse range of experiences and perspectives, we would particularly like to recruit trustees with expertise in fundraising, environmental issues and climate change, or farming and rural life. However, if you’re interested and feel you have something else to contribute, please get in touch as we’d love to hear from you. 

The Board has the ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of museum and charity, and, as a trustee, you will have the opportunity to help us deliver our strategic aims, contributing to a thriving and sustainable future. We aim to make your experience as a trustee both rewarding and enjoyable; and we offer support and development opportunities to help you grow your skills, as well as a formal induction process. By joining us, we hope that you will have the chance to use your expertise to make a real difference to the museum and local area. 

If you’d like to know more, just drop a line with your phone number to [email protected] and one of our existing trustees will get back to you. To apply, send us your CV and a covering letter detailing your relevant experience, why you’re interested, and what you have to offer. 

There is no deadline for applications.

Volunteering

There are always opportunities to volunteer at Ryedale Folk Museum. So if you have a few hours a week or a month and want to join our dedicated team, please get in touch.

We are looking for a volunteer to join our friendly reception team on a Tuesday. 
 
Volunteers who help on the reception meet and greet Museum visitors, sell admission tickets and items from the gift shop and help direct general enquiries. Reception volunteers work alongside a staff team member, so there’s always someone around to support you and have a natter with.
 
Our reception volunteers arrive between 10.00am and 10.30am and usually stay until 3.30pm-4.00pm. Some chose to stay until 5pm, when the Museum is open for longer hours in the summer. 
 
This is a lovely volunteer role at the Museum, where you can meet new people, learn about the Museum and chat to nice folks about their visit and local history. We give a 10% discount on gift shop items, there’s free parking, an annual volunteer social event (with lunch provided) and you can get a free ‘pink pass’ which gives you free entry to many museums across the north of England, and discounts to many others. Tea, coffee and laughs are a given.
 
We will train you to use our simple till sales system and support you to learn all the things you need to know about ticket sales.
 
We are also looking for reception volunteers on Saturdays and Sundays, but particuarly keen to hear from someone who could help on a Tuesday.

 

If you’d like to find out more and get involved, please either:

Call us on 01751 417367 and ask to talk to Hannah Highsted

Or email us at [email protected]

 

Donate an object

We are very fortunate to have an extensive collection of objects, archives and photographs that have almost entirely been donated by local people over the last sixty years.

If you would like to consider donating an object to Ryedale Folk Museum, then we would be delighted to hear from you. We cannot accept all objects that we are offered and normally we take-in only around half of the things we are so generously offered by people.

This is normally because objects we are offered don’t meet some basic criteria that we have for deciding whether we accept an object into the Museum’s collection.

The first thing we normally want to find out is where is your object from or where was it made (the object’s origins and history). We collect items that originate from or have a history in the area approximately 10 miles around the Museum. After that, we will normally ask you a few other basic questions e.g. general condition etc. We always ask you to see the item before it is donated or supply a range of good quality photographs of it.

If you would like to talk to someone about a donation, then please call us on 01751 417367 and ask for Helen Mason, or send us an email to [email protected] 

We are unable to accept items ‘over the counter’ and without an appointment. Thank you for your understanding.