London’s 166 year old Victoria and Albert Museum (known around the globe as the  V&A)  is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design.  Currently the home of stunning Frida Kahlo Exhibit, the Museum’s extensive Fashion Department has 28000 items in its collection, including for example the largest compilation of Vivienne Westwood designs it acquired from a private collector.

The Museum has long been a favorite destination for the LGBTQ community both local and visiting, and has deliberately included them in the permanent and special exhibitions they mount .  (Next year’s include one celebrating  60’s fashion icon Mary Quant  and another called Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams)

In fact the Museum’s specialised LGBTQ Tours have become so popular they need some help keeping up with the sheer demand. . To satisfy the growing number of visitors and  to be able to continue to deliver a fabulous  experience for them, they  need more LGBTQ guides.

The V&A guided tours are all led by volunteers, they are legendary for their quality and for providing visitors with new insights into the collections – it’s about uncovering the hidden stories in the objects owned by the nation and making them accessible to everyone.

So they are now looking for enthusiastic volunteers  who have a strong interest in the LGBTQ stories the collections can tell and have a passion for sharing them with the public.  They  will train you in guiding, induct you into the V&A and its LGBTQ mission, provide you with a mentor and support you all the way to going live and beyond.  In return you have to commit to the training, conduct your own research and develop a tour which meets their standards. This will take around three months, and then the V & A  ask you to commit to delivering at least eight tours a year for two years.

All sounds pretty fab to us.  Interested?  Then you have until August 28th 2018 to apply : HERE’S HOW

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