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Help us keep the Sir Gâr story alive for everyone

Our vision is to have community-focused local museums at the forefront of change, sustainability, collection care, and accessibility in Wales.

You are at the heart of that vision. And your skills, your stories, and your support can help to make that vision a reality.

Whether it's volunteering your time to inspire young people, fundraising for an important acquisition, or making a donation towards an exciting event, your support makes the Carmarthenshire collection - and the Sir Gâr story - accessible for all.

Volunteer

Volunteers bring new insights and understanding. And if you'd like to join us, volunteers will be a huge part of CofGâr's future.

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Available volunteer roles

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Family Engagement Volunteer

Based at Parc Howard Museum, you'll provide families with an exceptional visit that bring our museum collections to life for children and young people.

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Visitor Experience Volunteer

Based in Parc Howard Museum, you'll inspire visitors and enhance their museum experience, ensuring they feel welcome, engaged, and well-informed during their time at the museum.

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Reminiscence Volunteer

Based at Carmarthenshire Museum, you'll bring joy to community groups, residential care settings and luncheon clubs and create meaningful connections with individuals and communities.

Work experience

Learn new skills and have some fun through work experience at a CofGâr museum.

Are you interested in a career in museums? Or maybe you just have a love of history? You might even want to work in customer service or marketing, but you haven't found the right path to get there.

At CofGâr, we can offer work experience placements to secondary school students that will introduce you to all areas of working in museums, from welcoming visitors to conserving collections.

Read about the experiences of others

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Be a Friend

The Friends of Parc Howard Llanelli Museum organisation has been in existence since 1995 and was set up with the aim of raising interest in Llanelli’s past through the Museum.

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