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Notices
21st March, 2020: CORONAVIRUS: Latest news
- As expected Staines Library has now closed down for the duration, and
so that means that our Museum is fully closed now, both the Thames Room
and the Elmsleigh Room. Keep watching for any updates both on here and
on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/190760607732257/)
Thanks for your continued support. Stay safe.
17th March 2020: CORONAVIRUS: SPELTHORNE MUSEUM
IN THE LIGHT OF GOVERNMENT ADVICE, THE THAMES ROOM WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND OUR VOLUNTEERS, SADLY OUR
MEETINGS, PUBLIC TALKS AND ACTIVITY DAYS ARE ALSO SUSPENDED FOR THE
TIME BEING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
The Trustees of Spelthorne Museum 17.3.2020
Our Next Talk
All talks are
suspended until the Coronavirus emergency is over
Our
Latest Exhibit
Closed
until further notice
This book is available
in the Museum NOW.
At
the May 2019 AGM the following members were elected on to the Committee:
Chair - Pam Cole
Vice-Chair - Sheila Montague
Treasurer -Julia Gibbs
Secretary/Editor - D Woolley
Committee - D. Hallé, C Mitchell, M Taylor
Volunteer Representative/Web-master - G Hazell
Museum Mentor - R Ferneley
Curator - Nick Pollard
Look at what we won in 2016!
Spelthorne Museum
Needs Volunteers
Can you spare 2-3
hours a month?
e-mail: Volunteers@spelthornemuseum.org.uk
Volunteers receive
a monthly newsletter called 'Treasures' to keep them up-to-date with what
is happening at the museum.
Museum News
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Spelthorne
Museum is divided into two rooms. The Elmsleigh Room is opened by
Staines Library staff and has the history of Spelthorne from the
Ice Age to Modern Times. To provide visitors with something different
there are two display areas which are changed frequently.
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Window
on Spelthorne
Is a small
display case near the Fire Exit and changes roughly every month.
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Big
Blue Board
The second area in the Elmsleigh Room to have a varying subject
is a display board (sadly called 'The Big Blue Board', because that
is what it is!).
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Temporary
Exhibition Area
Closed
until further notice
The second of Spelthorne Museum's two rooms is the Thames Room.
This is opened when volunteers are on duty and as well as further
displays and the Museum Shop it has the Temporary Exhibition area.
The Museum aims to have two temporary exhibitions a year. The
Thames Room is open Wednesdays and Fridays 2pm - 4pm and Saturdays
(first Saturday of the month only is early opening at 11 am) 1.30pm
- 4.30pm
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2012 and
again in 2017
SPELTHORNE MUSEUM ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY
TO BE ACCREDITED
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Spelthorne
Museum is delighted to announce that it has been awarded Accredited
status in the first round of the updated Arts Council Museum Accreditation
Scheme.
The Accreditation scheme sets nationally agreed standards for museums
in the UK. It has led the way in raising museum standards in the
country, and has been used as a model and source of inspiration
for similar schemes overseas.
Spelthorne Museum is one of the first in the country to receive
this award, and the achievement is even more remarkable because
unlike many of the 1,800 museums taking part, it is entirely volunteer
run, with the support of Spelthorne Council.
The assessment panel commented that ’Spelthorne Museum displayed
consistent enthusiasm and commitment to the accreditation process’.
Museum Chair Julia Gibbs added ‘Our small team have done a
fantastic job in putting together new procedures to meet ever rising
standards in museums, with great support from our enthusiastic team
of volunteers, who help to put it all into practice. We have been
told our submission is being seen as a model for other small museums
to follow’.
Nick Pollard
Spelthorne Museum 7/11/2012
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REMEMBER
Out of hours group
visits to the Museum can be arranged.
Groups
will not be accepted until after the crisis
Also members can visit
your group to give illustrated talks on various local history subjects.
See 'Education'
for further details
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