#010 - September 2016
Dorset County Museum Volunteer Newsletter Dates for Your Diary: Thurs 8th Sept
EVENING WITH THE CURATOR of Speed to the West 7.00 for 7.30pm Join Paul Atterbury for “The story of my life told through railway posters, mostly desert island favourites as a background to curating the Speed to the West exhibition”. Wed 14th Sept
GEOLOGY REVEALED 6.30pm for 7.00pm SCIENCE & IMAGINATION— Getting Intimate with Deep Time. Sam Scriven—Earth Science Manager, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site Thurs 15th Sept
7.00pm for 7.30pm HISTORY EXPLORED Strange Coincidences & Historical Facts— Warwick Taylor MBE
Welcome to Issue no.10 of DCMVOX… We have reflected on a mixed outcome to opening on Sundays over the last few weeks. The wonderful warm weather has not encouraged visitors to come in although we did benefit from a recent wet day. A big thank you to all the volunteers who gave up their Sundays to assist. What would you like to see in next month’s issue? Please email your suggestions to Gabriella Crouch: development@dorsetcountymuseum.org by Mon 26th September. Any suggestions welcome!
Museum Collections Storage Many of you will know that we were considering renting space at Dukes Fine Art Saleroom, near the station, to provide improved storage conditions of our fine art collection. However, in March, the Trustees took an opportunity to purchase the Old School building in Grey School Passage. The acquisition of this extra space made the proposed move to Dukes looked less financially attractive and so we have cancelled this option by mutual agreement with Dukes. Much of the Fine Art Collections and Textiles will move into the Old School from the Colliton Street cottages along with Social History. This latter will leave the stables clear to allow the HLF bid construction to proceed (fingers crossed!) The Natural History collection requires containment due to the preservation fumes and the cost of this is prohibitive. Therefore the Natural History will remain in Colliton Street for now. We’ll keep you updated in this fast moving world as best we can. John Hilton
Tomorrow’s Museum for Dorset Update ... Where we are….
Where we’re heading…
We had over 100 guests come and have their say on our latest designs during our open evening on Tuesday 9 August. The Victorian Hall was filled with people eager to speak with our project team and discuss the latest developments.
As valued members of the Museum team, we hope you all took the time to see the plans and give your thoughts.
All project team members are currently working towards our HLF interim review which will take place later this month. During this review, all project team members will present their work to our HLF Mentor and Case Officer who will assess our progress to date.
We are currently in the process of recruiting an Exhibition Design Company to work alongside our Exhibition and Interpretation Team to develop the gallery spaces. Interviews will be held at the end of September.
Main Exhibition: ‘Speed to the West: A Nostalgic Journey’ until 7 January 2017
In the Tea Room: Dorchester Camera Club
The next steps for our architects will be to develop those designs, taking into account the feedback we received.
Please follow @tomorrowsmuseum on Instagram and visit www.tomorrowsmuseumfordorset.org for the latest developments
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