Friends of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Join the Friends and support the museum by helping at events, fundraising, volunteering or just by visiting the museums. Click here to join now >
Plus don't miss the exciting and information-packed Friends Facebook Group.
Join the Friends of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum
The Friends of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum (reg. charity no 518657) exist to support the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and its mission to protect the fascinating stories of innovation and invention that took place in the Ironbridge Gorge, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century.
By becoming a Friend, you will directly be supporting the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and its work across all the museums, its heritage conservation and education projects. Each Friend also receives the following benefits as part of their membership:
- 10% discount in all Museum catering outlets and shops
- Discounts on special events
- Priority booking
- Member only entry at Blists Hill at busy times
- Friends only events
- Free parking at museum car parks (excludes car parks managed by Telford & Wrekin Council)
- Free admission to the Friends Talks Programme
- Access to Friends trips and social events
- Friends Newsletter
Friends also play an important role in ‘museum life’ getting involved in the following ways:
- Staffing exhibits
- Providing a trained guiding service
- Purchasing important additions to the Museum’s collections
- Providing ‘Kick-start’ donations for larger national grants
- Researching into the social history of the area, recording memories and volunteering in the Library and Archive collections
- Contributing specialised knowledge and interests
Please contact us on 01952 435 900 or email friends@ironbridge.org.uk
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Join our Facebook group
You can become part of that support by joining the Friends via the Friends Administrator at: Friends@ironbridge.org.uk and keep up with the latest news of our and the Museum’s activities by joining the Friends Facebook Page at: Friends of Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. Or by joining us on Instagram: @friendsofigm.
If a volunteer role is something that might interest you, our Volunteer Coordinator, Sharon Sinclair, would be delighted to hear from you.
A variety of roles exist from costumed support to ‘behind the scenes’.
Please email Sharon for more information (Volunteering@ironbridge.org.uk).
Volunteer Coffee Mornings are held on the first Friday of each month and are a great way to find out more and meet people. Contact Sharon for details of the venue and topic of the next one.