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Issue - meetings
Collections Report
Meeting: 09/03/2020 - Museum Committee (Item 5)
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Minutes:
Museum and Cultural Development Manager presented a report to update museum committee on collections care, access, acquisitions, loans and objects being considered for rationalisation.
Since the beginning of the ‘Wunderkammer: Hastings Curiosities’ exhibition and collections project over 1300 objects have been cleaned, repacked, photographed and recorded.
The museum stores are at capacity and there is no further space to expand into. The museum’s offsite store still needs to be closed. Due to the budget pressures the council cannot invest in new storage buildings. The lack of storage space is the main collections challenge the museum is facing.
There have been five acquisitions since the last meeting. The objects listed in the report for rationalisation were approved for ethical disposal.
Councillor Sinden relayed thanks from a couple who got married at the museum and expressed how great of an experience it was for them.
RESOLVED (unanimously):
To accept this report and recommend approval by cabinet.
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