26/05/2026
You've got until Sunday to apply for this exciting role with us at the Reading Museum, part of our Roman project supported by the National The National Lottery Heritage Fund Good luck!
♥️ Do you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm to reinterpret and enhance the visitor experience of Reading Museum’s Roman Gallery, connecting a wider range of people to Reading’s Roman heritage?
📆 This is an exciting opportunity to join Reading Museum’s major heritage project, Roman Britain Reimagined in Reading, which will transform the current Roman Silchester Gallery into a vibrant new Calleva Gallery opening in early 2028.
💼 Working as Collection Interpretation Officer, you’ll help shape how visitors experience and engage with the story of Calleva — the important Roman town at Silchester — using the latest archaeological research from the University of Reading.
The new gallery will:
🏺 Redisplay nationally significant collections in exciting and accessible ways
🏺 Share new discoveries from 30 years of excavations
🏺 Explore stories of Iron Age and Roman Calleva, including diet, trade, religion and everyday life
🏺 Highlight the cultural and ethnic diversity of Calleva and its parallels with modern-day Reading
🏺 Support community engagement activities and schools’ programmes
We’re looking for someone who can:
✔ Create engaging, inclusive and audience-focused interpretation
✔ Bring complex historical and archaeological stories to life
✔ Work collaboratively with museum colleagues, academics, schools and communities
✔ Develop interpretation that connects with diverse audiences
✔ Help deliver a transformative visitor experience
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a high-profile cultural project that will reshape how Reading’s Roman heritage is understood and shared for future generations.
💻 To apply: https://rdguk.info/FpBIS
