First meeting: Tuesday 6th May at 4pm til 5.30pm at the Preston Town Hall. 

We know how much you love the Harris and how much knowledge, skills and passions you have to share with visitors. We are looking for up to 20 volunteers to make up the Harris one and only talks and tours volunteer team. 

This will be part of the Harris' regular programme. We will meet to discuss with you what subjects you are interested in, when you want to deliver talks and tours to the public and how often. Have a think about the different types of visitors that might be the audience, for example: families, adults, young people, people with special needs, people with disabilities, people from different cultural backgrounds. 

We want to hear from you which parts of the Harris collections you are passionate about and feel confident researching and sharing with the public when the Harris reopens. 

You dont need to have previous knowledge just be passionate about a subject, theme, style, object, technique, era, artist etc etc etc. 

What's involved?

- Delivering talks or tours in the Harris throughout September to December 2025 

- Choosing your areas of interest to research from the Harris Collections 

- Deciding which days and times work best for you for delivery 

- Decide on whether you want to go solo or buddy up

- Your research will need fact checking by Harris staff

- You will get top tips from experienced volunteers about delivery 

Why get involved?

Improve our public programme 

Develop your confidence 

Delve into the Harris collections 

Get stuck into some research - you might find out something the Harris doesnt know!

Meet interesting people

Share your passions 

How to get involved?

Accept the challenge and get involved! 

Come to the meeting 

If you have ideas bring them along - but remember there might be a big team in the meeting