V Factor
From visitor to volunteer
Our first V Factor project will focus on Indonesian fossil corals as shown above.
V Factor is your chance to work alongside Museum scientists and help work on our renowned specimen collections, taking you from visitor to proactive volunteer.
Volunteer places are now full for V Factor sessions in 2012 but you can see our V Factor volunteers and scientists in action in the Specimen Preparation Area every Monday and Friday.
Our exciting new volunteer initiative, V Factor, supports long-term Museum collection-based projects across our specialist science departments.
The current project is to assist our palaeontologists in preparing fossil corals collected in Indonesia.
As a V Factor volunteer you will be based in the Specimen Preparation Area of the state-of-the-art Darwin Centre where the public can see you at work with scientists.
With your help we can continue to improve our standards in collections care and storage. You’ll benefit from a unique and fun learning experience, and receive a certificate at the end of the sessions.
See the V Factor volunteers and our scientists in action in the SPA
V Factor and Throughflow
V Factor volunteers are helping to clean, store and label Indonesian fossil corals collected by the Throughflow project.
The Museum's Throughflow project is studying Indonesian fossil reefs to understand how the marine habitat has been shaped by past environmental changes.
