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Two Temple Place
Two Temple Place is a magnificent neo-Tudor building on London's Victoria Embankment, just near Temple underground station. The building becomes an exhibition venue for three months each year to host our exhibition programme, and we open for other events and open days throughout the rest of the year. We rely on our friendly and enthusiastic team of around 200 volunteers to make these…
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Help us welcome our exhibition visitors!

Two Temple Place is a magnificent neo-Tudor gem in central London, built in 1895 for William Waldorf Astor. In 2011 we opened our first annual free exhibition, and since then exhibitions have welcomed 460,000 visitors. We run a growing programme of cultural and community events designed to open our doors more often, to more people. We rely on our friendly and enthusiastic team of around 200 volunteers to make our free exhibitions possible.

We are recruiting volunteers for our 2027 exhibition Gathering Rest. The exhibition will look at how contemporary artists are exploring personal and collective experiences of rest as an expression of intimacy, repair and solidarity.

Featuring works by modern and contemporary artists drawn from public collections and artists across the UK, the exhibition highlights practices that engage the senses and reshape experience.

Join us to welcome and support our visitors from 23 January - 18 April 2027.
 

 

Duties

Volunteers provide support in a front of house role by: 

  • Welcoming and engaging with visitors 
  • Ensuring the safety of visitors and exhibition objects 
  • Providing information about the building, the exhibitions, and events 
  • Looking after the gallery spaces 
  • Helping us run the exhibition shop (optional)
Training
Volunteer training sessions take place in January and include:
• The history of the building
• An introduction to the exhibition
• Visitor services guidance
• An introduction to the exhibition shop
• How to use two-way radios (for communicating in the building)
• Policies & procedures
• Fire, health, and safety procedures

Time commitment

Shift patterns:
• Volunteer shifts correspond to the opening times of the exhibition (11am – 6pm) and are split into morning and afternoon shifts
• We are closed on Mondays
• We are open late on Wednesdays (9pm) and close early on Sundays (4.30pm)
• We ask volunteers to commit to a minimum of one shift per week. However, we are happy to discuss individual needs and therefore encourage applications from everyone
• Each shift includes a 20-minute break (tea, coffee, and biscuits are provided)

Application deadline

Causes

This organisation is one of our community partner organisations.

Like all volunteer recruiters we work with, they have signed up to our service standards, agreeing to abide by our policy on partnership working to keep you safe and supported whilst you volunteer.

You’ll never be out of pocket for volunteering through us – with in-London travel expenses to and from your volunteering guaranteed.

In addition, the team here at Students’ Union UCL Volunteering Service is here to support you throughout your volunteering journey – you can get in touch with us at any time.