DCMVOX #019 June 2017

#019 – June 2017

Dorset County Museum Volunteer Newsletter Dates for Your Diary:

Welcome to Issue No.19 of DCMVOX… Items for the “My Favourite Object” or any other suggestions, welcome for the next and subsequent issues or DCMVOX. E-mail offerings to Anna on secretary@dorsetcountymuseum.org - thank you!

Saturday 3rd Archaeology Field Trip 2.00pm Meet at Down Farm, Wimborne St Giles SP5 5PY: OS reference ST 999 149 Martin Green

Friday 9th June 2017

Thursday 8th Lunchtime Concert 1.00pm to 2.00pm Quangle Wangle Choir

10.00am to 11.30am

Victorian Hall, Dorset County Museum

RSVP to secretary@dorsetcountymuseum.org 01305 262735

Friday 9th June MUSEUM CLOSED UNTIL 12NOON

If you have not already responded, please let me know if you are able to attend. This is your chance to update on progress as well as:

Main Exhibition: 8th April to 6th January 2018 David West: Under the Surface: An exhibition of paintings and carvings

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Learning activities Volunteer Policy The Decant Governance Review Tomorrow’s Museum for Dorset Update ...

Tea Room 3rd April to 10th June Praise O’ Do’set: Original woodbock prints by Jennifer Martindale illustrating poems by William Barnes These works are for sale 12th June to 9th September Martinstown Botanical Group

Where we are….  Last month we received the great news that West Dorset District Council has approved our planning application. This is a huge step and a great show of local support for our plans.  The fundraising campaign has been progressing well. Support from Trusts and Foundations has exceeded our original expectations with the Foyle Foundation and the Fine Family Foundation also pledging their support last month. An appeal to DNHAS Members will be launched this month and you will all be receiving a letter with further details of how you can get involved.  Architectural Designs have reached RIBA Stage 3, Exhibition Designs have been developed to RIBA L3 and our Activity Plan has now been completed.  Our HLF Stage 2 application will be submitted this month with a decision expected in September 2017.  We would like to take this opportunity to encourage you all to attend the project update on Friday 9th June so you hear more details about our progress to date.

Please visit www.tomorrowsmuseumfordorset.org and sign up to the e-newsletter for the latest developments.

Dorset County Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XA Tel: 01305 262735 - www.dorsetcountymuseum.org

Visitor Quote of the Month: Excellent value for money.

Under the Surface: Paintings and Carvings by David West Private Tour with the Curator Starting at 9.00am, David West will give a “out of hours” tour of his exhibition Thursday 6th July £10 per person including refreshments and admission to the Museum Booking essential—01305 756827 shop@dorsetcountymuseum.org

Every cloud...... The Fine Arts Team has found another treasure!

Whilst condition-checking the paintings in the reserve collection, we discovered woodworm in the backing board of an Elsie Barling water-colour.

In this situation, the only thing to do is to un-frame the painting and dispose of the contaminated parts.

Having removed the offending board, there was another layer of paper before we got to the painting - or so we thought. On turning it over we discovered that this other layer was in fact another water-colour! A lovely landscape looking across a valley with buildings in the foreground.

What will we discover next?

Linda Roberts

WANTED—Does anyone have a redundant (to them) flat-screen TV with DVD / memory stick facility?

Contact Ken: 07790 688 123 Welcome to our new volunteers….

This month we are very pleased to welcome Annie Atherton as an accredited volunteer to our Education team and Jeff Williams to Ken’s merry maintenance men. There are several applications in the pipeline and we always have room for more volunteers. Cathy Breward has been invaluable masterminding the procedures for our ‘Dippy on Tour’ volunteers (please see note below) and is receiving applications daily.

many of you as can make it on Friday 9 June when we have a staff and volunteer information session in the Victorian Hall at 10am.

Please come and speak to me if you have any queries you would like to raise about volunteering at our Museum, or any issues you would like to discuss.

colleagues who would like to volunteer to be part of Dippy’s team, please contact Cathy by email on volunteeringasst@dorsetcountymuseum.org

or leave a message for her at the Museum (with your contact details).

WE NEED YOU—PLEASE HELP US New volunteers are always welWe continue to build up a very large come. team of volunteers for Dippy, and if Jill Minchin you would be interested in helping Volunteer Co-ordinator and Trustee us in addition to your usual duties, If you would thishave newsletter by email please We hope to seelike as to receive or if you friends, family or send your contact details to Gabriella Crouch on development@dorsetcountymuseum.org