Freelance tour hosts - Poole Museum

Salary: Circa £200/research day plus 50% tour fee

Terms: March - Oct 2026

Location: Poole

Poole Museum is seeking engaging, confident freelance practitioners to bring our guided tours to life during our inaugural year, ready for Easter. We have the scripts, the stories, and the spaces-now we need the people who can activate them with energy, personality, and memorable delivery.

Perfect for actors, performers, storytellers, facilitators, and natural communicators who love connecting with audiences and crafting standout visitor experiences.

• Delivering engaging guided tours across the museum's new spaces
• Bringing our script and stories to life with charm, humour, warmth and clarity
• Starting with: 45-minute highlights tours and 60-minute themed gallery tours -with the scope to grow into specialist, tailored, nighttime, and breakfast tours (no limit on how many you may run)
• Creating exceptional first impressions and leaving visitors wanting more
• Adapting tone and style for families, adults, school groups, and community audiences

We are inviting short proposals, not CVs.

Please send a brief outline of your approach, style, or how you'd bring our tours to life including your fee proposal for both prep and delivery to: for the attention of Jaine by March 4 1200am.