The Museum is always glad to hear from persons willing to help us perform our task. The Australian Government agency, Centrelink, accepts the Melbourne Museum of Printing as an approved provider of volunteer placements. They must have good references. And to be effective must be willing to work as part of a team.
Basic training is given in letterpress printing and museum operations.
Specialised training will be given for those with particular interests. Volunteers are covered by a Volunteer Insurance policy. The Museum has thousands of sets of typecasting matrices for its several systems of typecasting. Many of these have not been looked at since arrival up to 20 years ago. It is a job requiring quite a bit of learning and concentration on very fine details.