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The Story Museum celebrates stories in all forms and explores their enduring power to teach and delight.
The Story Museum is committed to increasing the diversity of our creative programme, workforce and audiences to ensure the quality and impact of our work. As part of this commitment, we particularly welcome applications for employment and volunteering from individuals currently under-represented in our organisation and the wider sector. This includes people from the Global Majority specifically the African diaspora; South, East, and South East Asian diaspora; the Middle East and North Africa; people with disabilities including neurodivergence; people from the LGBTQIA+ community; and those from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. When submitting an Expression of Interest or applying for a role we ask you to confirm if you identify with one of these communities. Our recruitment process is designed to offer fair access to employment at the museum and uses all permissible measures outlined in the Equalities Act 2010 to increase the diversity of our workforce.
Creative opportunities
The Story Museum regularly collaborates with talented artists, designers, performers and curators to help bring stories to life.
- If you are an artist looking to appear as part of The Story Museum’s programme, please contact our programming team.
- If you are looking to use our spaces for a performance or rehearsals, please visit our Venue Hire section.
- If you are looking for job opportunities, please scroll down.
Work Experience
We're always keen to hear from enthusiastic young people interested in getting involved with The Story Museum's work however due to the extremely high demand for work experience places we only offer placements through our strategic partnerships with selected schools. Some schools allow students to complete a week’s intensive volunteering during school holidays in lieu of work experience during specific weeks and we’re happy to support whenever possible.
Visit out volunteering page to find out more.
Digital 1001 Collections Internships
Salary: £22,308 pro rata for a four (4) day week (£11.44 per hour)
Contract: Fixed term, 12 weeks
Availability: You must be available to work in Oxford for a period of 12 weeks from Monday 6 January.
We are looking for two dynamic and enthusiastic interns to help support the delivery of a new website to showcase the Story Museum’s ‘1001 Stories Collection’.
With funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Museum is creating a new user-friendly online resource with a searchable database, digital assets and resources for visitors to enjoy. As an intern on this exciting project you will alongside the Collections Manager helping to create new content and resources for the website. Duties will include researching and writing short summaries of the stories, supporting the creation of new resources and assisting with rights clearance from publishers, authors, artists and story makers. You will also work with the Exhibitions Manager helping to enter information into a new collections management database, including photographing objects in the museum’s collection as well as numbering and cataloguing objects for the database.
You may have just left school or college and be wondering what to do next. You may be working part time and considering a move into a heritage or cultural role. We are looking for individuals with an interest in stories and story heritage, a methodical approach to work and an eye for detail and accuracy, along with strong written and verbal communication skills.
For further information including the full job description, person specification and instructions on how to apply, download the documents below.
Deadline for applications: Monday 18 November, 10:00
Interviews: Monday 25 November, at The Story Museum in Oxford