Tamworth Powerstation Museum MyTRC Volunteer Connect seeks passionate volunteers to help support our one-of-a-kind, Powestation Museum.

The Tamworth Powerstation Museum Collection contains approximately 9,500 objects of historical, cultural, and social significance. The Museum’s displays chronicle the use of electricity in Australia and showcases innovations in electrical science and design from around the world. The diverse collection ranges from important artefacts and machinery spanning Australia’s industrialisation, as well as common household appliances from the twentieth century.


Our volunteer positions

• Tour Guides and Front of House – to provide a welcoming experience for all of our guests into the Museum and the opportunity to provide a guided tour. This role also includes the set-up and pack-up of the Museum as well.
• Collection Management Assistance – to work on the collection including the cleaning, cataloguing and photography of objects in preparation for going into storage and onto the collection management system eHive. Research of the collection and collection objects is also included as part of this role.
  
  The Museum is open to the public Wednesday till Saturday 9 am till 1 pm with the Volunteers required to start at 8.45 am and finish at 1.15 pm – shifts can be weekly, fortnightly or monthly dependent on the wishes of the Volunteer.
  
  For the Collection Management Assistance role, Volunteers can give their time as agreed with Museum staff.
  
  All Volunteers are required to have a Volunteer Working with Children Check.