Opportunities

Volunteers serve as tour guides inside the Museum’s exhibition halls for different age groups, whether in Arabic, English or sign language.

Applicants should be able to volunteer for half days (three hours) a day on one or more days a week.

A Family Programme Volunteer should be friendly and patient, as their responsibilities will include helping welcome families to family days and art workshops, supporting the Education and Public Programme staff, and facilitating family activities.

Applicants should be able to volunteer at least twice a month.

Under the School Visits Programme, volunteers assist in arranging school visits to the Museum and implementing educational activities with the students. Their responsibilities include answering inquiries from students and their teachers and providing guidance to school groups.

Applicants should be able to volunteer three full days a week.

Volunteers for the Palestinian Museum gardens tours should have a passion for the Palestinian environment, as their role is to give interactive tours of the diverse flora to be found in the gardens.

Applicants should be able to volunteer two full days a week.

Volunteers who are experienced with photography will be given the opportunity to photograph various events and activities. These photographs will be used on the Palestinian Museum’s website and social media platforms. All will be credited to the photographer whose name will be included below each photograph. The Palestinian Museum media team will provide the necessary equipment and supervision. The volunteer photographer must be able to be present at the times and dates of scheduled major events, which change monthly per the Museum programmes.

Experienced volunteers are offered a unique opportunity in the field of videography to work on editing the visual content of films and videos produced by the Museum. They will provide necessary support during the filming process, source photos and images, and support designers, creators, and film producers as needed.

Reception volunteers interact directly with the Palestinian Museum’s visitors by welcoming them, giving time, attention, and directions, helping explain the Museum’s exhibitions and programmes, and directing them to the nearest staff member as needed. Reception Volunteers’ responsibilities include providing the necessary support during various periodic activities, organising the Museum’s ingoing and outgoing calls, and maintaining the reception area throughout the day to welcome the public, whether in terms of lighting, availability of publications, and more.

The Publications Unit welcomes volunteers to assist with copywriting, translating, editing, and proofreading works, with a focus on translation from Arabic to English. These works encompass all of the Museum’s outputs, including but not limited to social media posts, exhibition catalogues, transcripts, press releases, and many more. Volunteers should have a high degree of proficiency in both Arabic and English and native-level or bilingual working proficiency in English for volunteers looking to translate into English.

Media Volunteers assist in many tasks, such as collecting media clippings, combining media coverage items, updating contact lists, supporting the local promotion of our activities, periodically updating the Museum’s website, uploading content when needed, and preparing posts and short videos to be released on our social media platforms.