Heritage Volunteers
Conservation and preservation of our heritage are tremendous burdens on the limited resources of museums, National Trust properties, historic houses, libraries and gardens. Volunteers help them in non-specialist but vital ways by caring for collections, recording documents, guiding and stewarding. Heritage Volunteers help to keep them accessible for all.
Heritage Volunteers get involved with a number of different and varied projects region by region. You can look and hear about one of the projects undertaken by another NADFAS group at the Worcester Porcelain Museum.
The Falmouth Decorative and Fine Arts Society currently have two projects in which our Heritage Volunteers are actively engaged.
- The Bartlett Library, at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth
- Costume Gallery, Helston Folk Museum
Heritage Volunteers repair the books, ledgers, registers and magazines for the library. At Helston they are involved in the recording and conservation of costume.
Both groups work with enthusiasm and expertise and their efforts are greatly appreciated by the Museums.
To see in more detail the work undertaken select from the main menu under Volunteers or click here for the Library or Helston.
If this sort of activity appeals to you then we are always keen to have more members involved in these and potentially other projects.
If you would like to find out more and how you can get involved then contact Barbara Warwick.
A member society of the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies