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news from the volunteers
RIGHT: Aston Hall
By Matthew Cullane, Interim Volunteer Manager, Birmingham Museums Trust
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We’ve seen quite a lot going on over the past few weeks, with the opening of a new exhibition at Soho House and with BMAG settling in to being open until October and to welcoming visitors through its doors again.
We are delighted to have had lots of new volunteers at BMAG, and a few familiar faces returning. They’re all doing excellent work getting to know the new exhibitions and helping ensure our visitors have an entertaining and informative time.
Over at Weoley Castle the Castle Keepers are working on a new cleaning technique for removing moss from the stones as a way to protect and conserve the site. Preparations are also well underway for Medieval Day. As our historic properties gear up for summer, the garden volunteers there are doing their utmost to prune and trim the outdoor spaces to be enjoyed by visitors, and preparations are being made at all of our Historic Properties for a whole suite of events that’ll be taking place, particularly over the summer holidays.
One of those events is the Jamaica 0121 Festival at Aston Park which Aston Hall will be joining in with. The festival will not only be celebrating 60 years of Jamaican independence but will showcase the culture that Jamaica has exported to Birmingham. Hopefully lots of our volunteers will take the chance to become involved with it. For more information about the Festival and Aston Hall’s role in it please have a look at this page on our website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/aston/whats-on/jamaica-0121at-aston-hall
And the final and most important upcoming event in the volunteering calendar is our Volunteer Picnic which will be held on Thursday 21 July at Soho House. It’ll run between 12pm and 4pm with food, games and good company. Pop along if you fancy it!
If you would like to join the team, either by volunteering for the Friends or for BMT, then take a look at our website for more information: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/volunteering. In particular the Friends would love to hear from you if you would be interested in volunteering to deliver Friends events, joining the Friends Committee, or writing the Crossword for ‘Artefacts’. If you would like to find out more please email: volunteer@birminghammuseums.org.uk. n AUTUMN 2022 • issue 70 ARTEFACTS 11
