Volunteering at Harborough Museum
Our volunteers do a wide variety of activities including local history research, helping at events, creating trails for the museum and more. To read some of the research and writing our volunteers have done, visit the Harborough Collection page.
We also work with Culture Leicestershire volunteers on a number of projects at Harborough Museum. To find out more about these projects, visit the Culture Leicestershire website.
A volunteer carrying out research for a display, at the Collections Resources Centre.
Current opportunities
You can see our current volunteering opportunities below. To see other volunteering opportunities offered by Leicestershire County Council visit the Culture Leicestershire website.
Local Studies Research Volunteer
Are you interested in researching the history of Market Harborough and surrounding areas? We are recruiting for Local Studies Research Volunteers, based at Market Harborough Museum, for 2 hours each week.
Our Research Volunteers choose their own research topics based on the Museum’s collection, and their work contributes the to the stories we tell about the area.
For more information and to apply visit: https://leicestershirecountycouncil.goassemble.com/opportunities/99746-local-studies-research-monday-volunteer-2025-10-16