Purpose of the role:
To welcome and engage our visitors at Brunel’s SS Great Britain Trust, an award-winning museum and historic ship. We are Bristol’s most popular visitor attraction. Our Visitor Experience volunteers really bring the site to life, sharing stories of passengers and crew who travelled on board the ship, leading object-handling sessions in the Being Brunel Museum, encouraging visitors to dress up in Flash, Bang Wallop and more.
Main activities:
- Warmly greeting visitors to Brunel’s SS Great Britain.
- Engaging with visitors across the site; in the Dry Dock, Dockyard Museum, on board the ship and in the Being Brunel Museum.
- Connecting visitors to the history of the ship and the Dry Dock
- Supporting each visitor to get the most from their visit
- Encouraging visitors to immerse themselves in life on board the SS Great Britain; you could be sharing stories about passengers and crew who travelled on the ship; or prompting visitors to try out the bunk beds in steerage; or even steer the ship or operate the Lifting Frame.
- Delivering object handling sessions in the Being Brunel Museum, allowing visitors to get close to some of Brunel’s most important possessions.
- Encourage visitors to try out some of the incredible interactives in the Being
- Brunel Museum and to explore Brunel’s life, achievements, and qualities.
- Explaining our advanced engineering which helps conserve the ship for the future.
Shift Times:
Only recruiting for Sunday PM (12.45-4.00 pm).