Join our team of over 1,000 volunteers across our five sites. Our volunteers help bring to life the stories of our collections, promote great visitor experience and care for our many significant objects.
You don’t have to be a history buff, just enjoy getting involved and support our mission in telling the stories that matter.
We value diversity and encourage volunteers from all sections of the community.
Our opportunities are designed to be meaningful and enjoyable; we want to ensure you can give as much or as little as you like to our cause.
We are partly funded by government but also need volunteers, donations, sponsorship and income from our shops and commercial activities to sustain our work.
IWM is a global authority on conflict and its impact on people’s lives. Our world-leading collection and historically important sites help us tell extraordinary human stories in the most powerful way possible.
IWM is a charity. We are partly funded by the government but rely on the support of our members, volunteers and donors, as well as income from retail and other commercial activities to carry on our work.
Discover how you can support IWM and help us continue to tell the stories that deserve to be heard.
Our vision is to remain a leader in developing and communicating a deeper understanding of the causes, course, and consequences of war. Using the personal stories and experiences in our unique collections, our objective is to challenge people of all ages to look at war and conflict from different perspectives.
