Notices
During
the Covid 19 Crisis the Museum is closed.
Latest update 14th July, 2020. This came in from the Museum
Committee for General Release.
"Due to the current Corvid-19 restrictions Spelthorne Museum
will be closed until the Autumn.
As soon as we have a date for re-opening we look forward to
sharing it.
We thank our visitors and volunteers for their patience! "
Please check back here for further updates
Our Next Talk
2020
Talks
Although
no actual talks could be presented due to the Covid
Pandemic, a couple of talks were presented via Zoom
and recorded to add to the website.
Here are the two that have been submitted to YouTube
so far. Just click on the link:
The
Story of Shepperton. By Nick Pollard
Staines
in Old Postcards. By Nick Pollard
Please
check in regularly to see if there are any new talks
listed. Thanks
All
talks are suspended until the Coronavirus emergency
is over
Our
Latest Exhibit
We do have two
new Exhibits on line for you to see. We hope to add
more later. Enjoy!
Closed
until further notice. Online only
This book is available in the Museum NOW.
At
the 2020 Virtual AGM in July, the following members
were elected on to the Committee:
Chair - Sheila Montague
Vice-Chair - Mike Taylor
Treasurer - Julia Gibbs
Secretary/Editor - vacant
Committee - C Mitchell (Newsletter Editor, SPARCS),
Sue Rhodes, Sara Collins
Curator - Nick Pollard
Facilities Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Webmistress
- Gloria Hazell (Co-opted)
Store Manager - Jackie Browne (Co-opted)
Museum Mentor, SPARCS, Education Team - Rowena
Ferneley (Co-opted)
Julia Gibbs remains the Chair of the Trustees
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
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.
(Please see the links above for the
online exhibits)
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
