Transforming People to Transform Museums is an exciting workforce development project, generously supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Ever thought about working in a museum?
Transforming People to Transform Museums is a Skills for the Future programme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund from 2018-2022. It will support museum trainees to develop core heritage and business development skills.
Trainees will be hosted by Colchester + Ipswich Museums; Museum of East Anglian Life; The Long Shop Museum; & The National Horseracing Museum, Newmarket
Colchester & Ipswich Museum Services, Suffolk County Council, The Museum of East Anglian Life, The National Horseracing Museum and The Long Shop Museum alongside the National Lottery Heritage Fund are working on extending the Transforming People to Transform Museums Project in 2022.
To be kept up to date with the project news, applications, and open days in 2022 please email: transform.museums@colchester.gov.uk and let us know that you wished to be placed on the mailing list.
What do the trainees think?
Trainees Lisa and Rory give an inside view of what it’s like to be a trainee on the project.
” The chance to work with new people and learn new skills that would be useful to me in the future really appealed to me ” Read more
” I’ve been able to do things that I thought I would never be able to do. I’ve learnt so much working here and I still learning something different about the museum every day ” Read more
Role descriptions
Click on the below links to see what each trainee placement involves.
Museum of East Anglian Life: Marketing & Communications
Museum of East Anglian Life: Collections Management
The Long Shop Museum: Events & Marketing
Colchester & Ipswich Museums: Digital Collections
Colchester & Ipswich Museums: Exhibition & Display
Colchester & Ipswich Museums: Retail, Marketing & Fundraising
The National Horse Racing Museum: Community Engagement
Click here to see some of the TPTM Trainees talk about why they applied for each placement.
How can I apply?
Colchester & Ipswich Museum Services, Suffolk County Council, The Museum of East Anglian Life, The National Horseracing Museum and The Long Shop Museum alongside the National Lottery Heritage Fund are working on extending the Transforming People to Transform Museums Project in 2022.
To be kept up to date with the project news, applications, and open days in 2022 please email: transform.museums@colchester.gov.uk and let us know that you wished to be placed on the mailing list.
Download trainee application form
Applications for the Transforming People to Transform Museums traineeships are now closed.
Thank you to everyone who has applied. Due to the overwhelming response we can only contact those that have been selected to attend the assessment day(s). If you have not heard from the Transforming People to Transform Museums project by now then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful this time.
We wish to thank you for the time you invested in applying for this traineeship and wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
For more information on the National Heritage Lottery Fund and the innovative & inclusive projects they are supporting please click here
