Volunteer

Offer your time and expertise to help preserve, research, and promote our heritage. Join our team of passionate volunteers and make a real difference.

Becoma a Volunteer

Embark on a Volunteer Voyage

Like many museums we welcome volunteers to help us with the day to day running. Join our passionate volunteer team and get hands-on with history. Whether you're helping preserve the ship, bringing stories to life through digital projects, spreading the word through marketing, or supporting tours and events, you'll play a vital role in sharing the legacy of the Edwin Fox with the world.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email edwin.fox@gmail.govt.nz

Close-up of a detailed ship model named "Edwin Fox," showcasing wooden decks, sails, and ocean waves, highlighting craftsmanship.

Make a Donation

Help safeguard our maritime heritage by donating today. Every contribution plays a vital role in preserving this historic treasure for future generations.

Donate Now
An old, weathered ship partially restored, showcasing peeling green paint, wood decay, and wooden supports inside a shelter.

Become a Member

We offer a membership programme which entitles our supporters to various benefits, newsletters and exclusive offers.

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Descendants

Share your family’s legacy and contribute to our living history. If you’re a descendant, your stories and memories add invaluable depth to our maritime narrative.

Share Your Legacy
A group of twelve men in period attire, posing on a wooden deck of a boat, with a small dog seated in front of them.
Testimonial
Wonderful to see the Edwin Fox in dry dock being preserved for the future. The story of how it happened including captivating displays, personal stories and easy to digest explanation via a top movie presentation shown in the 1st floor mini theatre together bring this important history to life and make you glad you visited Picton.
An Important story for NZ and Australia
What a great museum!!! So well curated with informative displays and to be able to walk around the ship is an amazing experience. Would highly recommend.
A little gem of a museum. If you are in Picton just go, you won’t regret it!
Wow this was a gem we didn't expect. A lovely museum full of stuff, a really interesting short movie about the Edwin Fox - and seeing a real 1853 convict ship in real life is one of those once in a lifetime things! Well worth the entry fee. Thank you .
Wow this is a gem!
A must visit especially if you want to learn about your ancestors and how they came to New Zealand. Very interesting and lots of information about the ship that bought many of our ancestors to New Zealand. Interactive, good for kids and very interesting video. Worth spending at least an hour looking through. Staff were very knowledgeable and keen to help. Good variety of merchandise for sale.
A must visit!
Excellent price for what's on offer. I loved the upstairs room with the chronology of the boat, the documentary video about it, and also the more general history of shipping in the area. The ancient boat itself was the cherry on top. Great experience and thoroughly recommended!!
Delightful museum
Exterior of the Edwin Fox Maritime Museum, a stone building with a gray metal roof, set against lush green hills and blue sky.