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Minutes of the Museums in Somerset Annual General Meeting and Spring Group Meeting

Monday, May 16th 2011 at Barrington Court NT

Present: David Hill, Chairman and 44 members

Matthew Applegate, Visitor Services Manager at Barrington Court welcomed members to the site.

Annual General Meeting

Apologies for absence were received from 23 members.

The Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting (26th May 2010) had been circulated and signed at the October Group Meeting. There were no matters arising.

Chairman’s reportDavid Hill had recently heard Adrian Babbage, a former director of a Museums Council. Babbage’s view is that museums are now basically on their own. ‘We have talked for a long time about museums being self-reliant and making things happen for themselves - well that time has arrived.’ But Babbage had gone on to say that the enduring strength of many independent and voluntary-run museums is that they have always taken this approach.

The last year has been very difficult for many of our museums, and a time of great change. Local authority funding is starting to be withdrawn at alarming rates and amounts. Redundancies have occurred and we are reporting closures on an increasing basis. Renaissance funding is reducing and being spread thinner. The MLA has disappeared and the Arts Council will become the lead body for museums. But we should remember Babage’s view of the resilience of museums of all types, and this makes the Museums in Somerset Group more important than ever. This is our self-help group and a communication bridge with those groups that continue to support the sector: the South West Federation and its important and developing role in training, the South West Museums Hub, which will probably continue to have a role in funding the MDO network, the museum representatives for the Arts Council when they are established, and the HLF, which is starting to show signs of thinking beyond 2012.

In the last couple of years the group has tackled some of the key issues of survival, such as the Sustainable Somerset Museums project and the Somerset Routes project, which taps into tourism, so important to us all. David congratulated colleagues who take every opportunity to promote their organisations, and referred to an article in the April issue of ‘Somerset Life’ – ’11 Quirky Museums’, including the Helicopter, Bakelite, Montacute TV & Radio, and Dunster Doll museums. In the same issue, Colin Spackman featured in ‘Hidden Treasures’, promoting Wellington Museum, the local shops and the town.

David thanked the committee for their work over the last three years. Secretary’s reportBarbara Gilbert thinks she now has working email addresses for most members. Please advise of any omissions. She also urged members to sign-in at meetings.

Treasurer’s reportDonations of £13.63 were received at the Winter Meeting. The Group has £40.00 in the bank and £27.22 in cash in our General Fund. £4000 was donated in March as Restricted Funds for the Somerset Routes project. (A further £5000 or £6000 is expected to be added to that via

Bristol City Council.) Because of the sizeable income, an Independent Examiner has approved the accounts. Colin Spackman moved the adoption of the accounts and Natalie Watson seconded. Accounts adopted.

Election of officers & committee membersChairman – Colin Spackman (Wellington Museum)Vice-Chairman – David Hill (Fleet Air Arm Museum)Secretary – Barbara Gilbert (Fleet Air Arm Museum)Treasurer – Yvonne Back (Bishops Lydeard Mill & Rural Life Museum)Museums Development Officer, ex officio, - Natalie Watson Mike Motum (Somerset Military Museum)Vicky Dawson (Accreditation Support Adviser, South West)Helen Mansfield (Learning Manager, Somerset Heritage & Library Services)

Independent Accounts Examiner for 2012 – F W Chapman

Kathryn Sherrington was elected last year as the Somerset representative on the committee of the South West Federation, and continues in that role. She will be invited to attend MiS committee meetings.

Spring MeetingThe Minutes of the Winter Group Meeting (28th February) had been circulated. They were agreed and signed. A request was made for page-numbering on future minutes.

The next meeting will be Monday, 10th October 2010, at the Museum of Somerset, Taunton.

Updates from regional representatives:Apologies were received from Trevor Gough of the Museums and Libraries Association.Apologies were received from the Exeter Office of the Arts Council England, which hopes to have a museums representative by autumn.

As Museums Development Officer, Natalie Watson attended an MLA meeting. There was vague optimism, but an uncertain future. The MDO post is safe till March 2012.

The Conservation Development Officer, Helena Jaeschke reported that the South West Hub has not yet endorsed the continuation of contracts beyond June. The Hub museums are distracted by their own developments. The five Hub museums in the South West will lose their status. The South West may not have a museum big enough to qualify as a new ‘Core’ museum. There will be a Challenge Fund, but no clarity yet on application. Arts Council England may apply its own methods. Things should be clearer in October, and before that, Vic Harding should be back in the MLA office in July and may tell us more. A member asked who the SW ACE rep will be. At present, no-one knows.

South West Federation of Museums & Art Galleries (Kathryn Sherrington, Somerset rep)Sarah Lewis has been appointed as Training Facilitator. Please advise Kathryn or Sarah of specific training needs. The website is being redesigned and will be live soon. Fact sheets, training handouts & Sustainable Somerset Museums resources will be available on the website. The AGM will be held on Friday 24th June at Blaise Castle House Museum, Bristol, and MShed.

Museum of Somerset & the Frome Hoard (Tom Mayberry) The Museum of Somerset aims: to unlock Somerset’s rich heritage in innovative, memorable and sustainable ways; to tell the story of Somerset; to be outward looking and future-focused. The £6.9 million cost has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund (£4.8 million), Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society (which owns Taunton Castle and many of the collections), the Somerset Military Museum Trustees, and others. As a completely new building

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was estimated at £34 million, the new museum will be housed in Taunton Castle – which has a rich history of its own. The collections have been accumulated over more than a century, and examples were given of objects and the display/interpretation challenges they pose. Tom gave an illustrated talk on the history of the former County Museum, the development of the new museum and plans for the area immediately around the building.

Tom then talked about the Frome Hoard of 766 coins dating from the rule of the self-declared Emperor of Britain, Carausius (AD 286-293). The coins must have been gathered in situ, but the purpose is as yet unknown. Found by a metal detector, the hoard has been a text-book case of the handling of a significant find.

Reports from Member Museums

Wellington MuseumReopened 11th April. More than 100 visitors in each of the first three weeks. There is an A-frame board outside advertising the Museum, which is crude but possibly effective. Six new stewards recruited, of whom five have stayed. The Armada Chest features on the HSBC website. Received a copy of a book about the Elworthy dynasty in New Zealand, in acknowledgment of the Society’s help to the authors about the family’s Wellington roots. Future events: talk on ‘Waitrose in the Community’ and a guided ‘Midsummer Urban Ramble’.Donations have risen from an average of 9p to 15p.

Museum of SomersetHoping for opening in autumn. A Visitor Services Manager has been appointed.

Community Heritage Access Centre (CHAC)/Museum of South SomersetThe Museum closed on 31st March. Only the Ilchester Mead mosaic remains in the building, the rest of the collection is in store. The post of Outreach Officer was cut, but the team aim to continue outreach with stands at fairs and festivals. Tanya Camberwell asked for offers of spare corners for display. CHAC has some objects available and mannequins – contact Tanya.

Weston-super-Mare Museum (formerly North Somerset Museum)Weston-super-Mare Town Council has taken over the building. The collections still belong to North Somerset District Council, which is giving some continuing financial support. Curatorial services for the collections are being provided by Somerset County Council. There has been a collections review over the last year and some objects have been identified for disposal. (Anyone interested should contact Nick Goff/the museum.) Admission charges have been reduced to encourage more visitors and the café is now open to non-visitors. The museum is hoping to extend its opening hours (currently 11-4 Mon-Sat), & hoping to build up volunteer numbers as well as keeping some paid staff.

Chard MuseumLast year’s large surplus would have been a £600 loss had council grants not been received.There is now a new trustee specifically for fund raising. The Friends open day was disappointing because only approximately 30 attended. However, the museum got some publicity from the presentation by Angela Willes of her album describing the story of the Chard sculptures. The album is with others in the Larcombe Gallery. Also, Roger’s new History of Chard was launched and copies sold reasonably well and continue to do so. 1st May saw Rob Chappell’s local artists’ painting exhibition launched. About 30 paintings have been hung around the museum and will remain at least for the month. Museums at Night: the number of visitors was disappointing but many Friends took the opportunity to renew their subscriptions. After two days Mr and Mrs Tolley presented the museum with £200 proceeds from their tombola. They will return in September for one of the Heritage Open Days when the Crewkerne auctioneers have agreed to do a two hour antique valuation session. The Times and Sunday Times have invited Chard to participate again in the Two for One Days Out scheme.


Statistics; 123 admissions in first four weeks plus as many free admissions including schoolchildren. No comparison with 2010 because we opened this year in April.

Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust (at Washford Station)The shop at Washford has been refurbished over the winter. Next winter the museum building will be refurbished. All the buildings have been rewired. The archive is moving to Taunton. At April’s AGM two new executive members joined the committee. Volunteers have big distances to travel, so the trust is trying to maximise the opening of the shop and the museum. Good relations with the West Somerset Railway continue. Membership numbers are steady. Recruitment of new and younger members is a problem. About to appoint a curator.

Bishops Lydeard Mill (‘Cobwebs and corners!’)Many of you will already be open and have gone through the cleaning process but that is our next task....not sure how those pesky spiders manage to weave such large webs in so many corners! We open at the end of the month on the Bank Holiday weekend and will then be open until the end of September.

New this year is a model of a boat mill set in a rural, river environment...and I do have to say it has been superbly made with amazing detail. Hopefully to come during the season is a whole new set of exquisitely made carriages including a tinkers wagon complete with brushes, buckets & the paraphernalia that tinkers sold at the turn of the century. Regrettably I don't think the gypsy caravan, the shepherds hut or the farm wagon will make it onto the site this summer but hopefully next year!If any of you wish to visit then either ring and let us know or tell the stewards that you are museum members and you can come in for free....and don't forget that I have plenty of leaflets with me!

Westonzoyland Pumping StationThere are new external signs, paid for by the Sustainable Somerset museums project. The station was open for two days at Easter, for the May Bank Holiday, and also in May for a private steaming for a Riley Owners Club from Kent. This year is the engine’s 150th birthday (1861) and the celebration event is ‘Steam on the Levels’.

Somerset Military MuseumThe refurbishment of The Somerset Military Museum, a part of the Museum of Somerset project, is almost entering the home straight. Display cases are being populated, objects are being called back from the conservator and final layouts, finessed. The Museum of Somerset opening date has not yet been formally announced but late summer is the clear target. We look forward to welcoming visitors at that time. Meanwhile research requests continue on a daily basis and we continue to welcome people to our library in Mount Street and refer many to the County Archive Service within Somerset Heritage Centre. In concluding our grateful thanks go to the Museum of Somerset Project Board and Heritage & Libraries at Somerset County Council for enabling our transition.

Somerset Cricket MuseumWe are mourning the loss of Peter Yates, our curator for the last four years and a trustee for much longer. He died in April. He was vital to our operation and we shall struggle without him. Not long ago, we lost our librarian, Eddie Lawrence, so we have suffered two heavy blows in quick succession. We have had a reminder that people matter in our business, not just resources.

We have the agreement of English Heritage and Taunton Deane Council for the redevelopment of our mediaeval building: planning approval has appeared in the County Gazette. We are now engaged in detailed discussions with architects and interior designers. The designers produced a rather ambitious scheme, which we shall have to modify; but we still aim for complete agreement by the end of the summer, so that work can start when we close the


museum at the end of the current cricket season and so that we can open the refurbished museum at the beginning of the next season. It is a tight timetable but, if we can keep to it, the re-opening of the museum should be quite an occasion. The refurbished museum will be a most attractive building, combining the best of the old and the new, and it will give us much more space for our collection, particularly our memorabilia of women’s cricket.

Work continues on the computerisation of our records, with the help of Louise Perrin, and on the Lockyer archive of cricket photos, with the help of a new scanner. We aim to publish a book, drawing on the archive, in time for the Christmas market. Visitor numbers seem to be holding up though the good weather in April kept some of our supporters out of doors. If we have typical English weather during the rest of the summer, visitor numbers should grow, especially as we have a three-day match against the Indian touring team in July.

Frome MuseumAlan Davis is Chairman again. The museum is hoping for full accreditation soon, moving up from the provisional accreditation which it currently has. Bad news on insurance for building and contents – the premium is likely to rise by 30%.

Coker Rope & Sail TrustThe Trust now has a 200 year old portable cider press, used until 50 years ago round local orchards. As workers were part-paid in cider, this fits with the twineworks. An orchard of Coker Seedling apples will be planted. The works are open on the fourth Saturday of every month, and visitor numbers are good.

Somerset Brick & Tile MuseumSchool visits are good. One school is bringing 180 children and each will make a tile. The survey of the kiln is complete, but Paul Wilson has yet to see it.

Milverton Village ArchiveThe archive is likely to move to a small museum, but no decision has been made about the site. It has acquired the Milverton Village Charities archive 1802-1951. Cataloguing is progressing slowly.

Somerset Rural Life Museum, GlastonburyOur summer exhibition Glastonbury 40+ opened on Saturday 14th May. Glastonbury 40+ celebrates forty years of the Glastonbury Festival with photographs from the archives of seven Somerset-based photographers. Between them they have covered every festival since Glastonbury began in 1970. The preview was kindly sponsored by the Somerset Cider Brandy company. The summer programme this year includes, in addition to our regular demonstrations and children’s activities, an antique textile fair on May 20th, a concert of folk music in the Abbey Barn by Glastonbury Cantelina Choir on the 9th July, activities for National Archaeology Day, a World War II day on Saturday 13th August, and a Harvest Day in September. The new doors have now been created and fitted to the Abbey Barn, these will be compliant with current fire regulations once the locking mechanism has been agreed with the fire officer. A new lighting scheme has also been installed in the Barn which now includes an emergency lighting system. An HLF Round 1 application was submitted in February to support a project to redevelop the museum including creating a dedicated learning space and upgrade the exhibition spaces. We hope to hear the result of this application by the end of June this year. The Museum Friends organisation continue to support us in many ways including the management of the museum gift shop

Alfred Gillett TrustThe rebuild continues and is hoped to finish in November 2011, so that the Trust can move in by May 2012. The Simon Mayo show on Radio 2 talked about the Shoe Museum, which currently has no curator. Clarks are beginning to take an interest. Charlotte is putting a


business case for digitisation and buying boxes. Shoe production stopped in 1990, so she hopes to capture some oral history while there are still former workers around.

Glastonbury AbbeyVisitor numbers are in excess of 100,000, though January and February had poor numbers. A credit card-style season ticket has been introduced, valid for 12 months from purchase date. June, July and August will have simplified opening hours, 9 am to 9 pm. Following the harsh winter of 2009/10, conservation work is needed on pillars. There are temporary exhibitions, which depend on loans: for summer, Sacred Textiles; and for winter, Sacred Trees. Currently the exhibition is, ‘Every object tells a story’. The three-year archaeological project has given interesting results, which will feed into a symposium. New for 2011 is the mediaeval side-chapel garden. A project or event to find out about wildlife is planned. Katherine Gorbing would like to hear from members about their experiences of Member organisations or Friends organisations, and about suggestions for the induction of trustees.

Helicopter MuseumFirst big event of the season: Flight Simulator Convention, with a 1970s and Vietnam theme, and virtual Red Arrows. Ilchester MuseumWhilst the museum was closed work was carried out upgrading one of the display cabinets, the model of Ilchester gaol has also been enhanced with a painted back panel which has really brought it to life and also shows exactly where the gaol was located. These refurbishments have made us very aware of how dark the decoration of the museum is and we are starting to think about redecorating, hopefully during next winter.

The museum reopened at Easter and we are pleased that we have some new volunteers to act as stewards. The main event for this season is going to be held at the Ilchester Street Fair, we were approached by the organisers to do another ‘Heritage Day’. They were really impressed by the one we held last year!

Watchet Market House MuseumWatchet Market House Museum opened on 2nd April and has enjoyed a good start to the season with numbers holding up very well particularly through Easter and the bank holidays. Donations and sales are steady. We are pleased with the response to our new features, a pictorial time line by local artists and the refurbished CG & RNLI display which has caught the eye of many. We are particularly excited by the discovery of a Neolithic hand axe at Doniford Beach in April by a field studies group from Southampton. Led by Dr Laura Basell, they came by train from Bishops Lydeard to Doniford Halt to walk the beach to Watchet and visit the museum and town and it was the youngest of their party who made the discovery just under the cliff near the river. Presently it is at Southampton being examined but … and I use Lauras’ words ‘On the last day of the trip, Tom White, one of the participants …. found a biface on the beach. He's a PhD student at Cambridge, and it's his first biface find, so a triumph! This is absolutely brilliant, as it is in good condition and unlike the other artefacts found at the site before and fills in a gap in the Doniford archaeological sequence’. We are looking forward to having it on display.

One other story thatI thought was quite special concerns the Common Anchor displayed on the Esplanade which I only recently discovered was gifted to us. The anchor was fouled by a local fisherman with his own anchor while fishing in 1993 and so as to avoid losing his own he heaved all clear of the seabed and towed it to the low water mark to the east of the harbour at Helwell Bay where upon it was landed on the seabed. At low water on going to clear and recover his own anchor he discovered that what he had dragged in was a 6cwt wrought iron anchor that was 200 years old. 12 local men were gathered, a special stretcher arrangement made and the whole carried to the foot of the high cliffs whereupon it was inched up the cliff using a locally sourced HIAB crane. The anchor was subsequently researched, restoration work carried out again by


local craftsmen, after which it was gifted to our museum. It is a remarkable story of hard work and effort by the local community which I only found out about quite recently.

Further news is that we are planning our Take One Exhibition on June 18th at the Holy Cross Chapel above the museum which will be an all day event showing the work of the school children based around the object of our alabaster church model of St Decumans. The exhibition will run from 1000 hrs until 1600 hrs.

Bishop’s PalaceChurch Treasures Project Update:

We have finished the research and church visits (the vol team visited 50+ churches across the diocese, and collected information in a standard format about potential items for the exhibition). The visits have been very successful, and our Palace representatives (i.e. the CT volunteers have been very well received across the diocese.)

The interpretation Consultant and Collections Manager have recently led an evaluation session with the Church Treasures volunteer group to ask for their feedback on how they felt the project was developing.

At our Church Treasures meeting in June, as a group we will be selecting the final 25-30 objects for the 2012 exhibition.

We are hoping to borrow items from churches across the diocese, and possibly from some local museums

From July onwards, the focus will be working with our insurers, and security advisors, and the Palace architect to plan and deliver the exhibition.

The next few months will be spend arranging appropriate and safe transport for the loan items, applying for the faculty, carrying out detailed research on the final loan objects, and the administration of the loans.

The first Church Treasures exhibition will open in May 2012 at the Bishops Palace.

Crewkerne MuseumCrewkerne & District Museum opened on 16th April for the new season. We were pleased to welcome a steady flow of visitors over Easter. The new exhibition seems to be well received and the new display in gallery 4 is a pleasing update. The Management Team is currently discussing new ideas to replace the shortfall in SSDC funding. The Friends are funding decoration of the Leslie Andrew Room, our room that is let to the public. We continue to work closely with the Friends and will be doing the rounds of local Fairs and fetes over the coming summer months.

Fleet Air Arm MuseumVisitor numbers for 2010/11 down slightly on previous year at 113,205. April 2011 down on the previous April by around 20%, probably due to a combination of very good weather, late Easter and the holiday for the Royal Wedding. The refurbished Swordfish restaurant has reopened.

Our grant from the MOD has been cut by 90,000. Some recent major acquisitions have resulted directly from defence spending cuts: material from the naval component of the Harrier force; material from the decommissioned Ark Royal – the ship itself is on the MOD version of Ebay – you can add the aircraft carrier to your cart! The ship’s bell commissioned by survivors of the sunken WW2 Ark Royal is back at the Museum until there is another Ark Royal. We have also just taken delivery of a Wessex helicopter, which flew off the requisitioned container ship Atlantic Conveyor just before she was hit by an Argentinian missile. This is an important story for FAAM as we plan for a 30th Anniversary Falklands Exhibition next year. In June we open an addition to the Fly Navy 100 Hall, to mark the 100th anniversary of fixed-wing flying (aeroplanes, not helicopters – spinning wings - & not airships). FAAM is also working with a young artist, Jon England, who is developing a work of art based on our engineers’ forensic/archaeological paint conservation on a WW2 fighter ‘plane. This will be on display for Somerset Arts Weeks this September. Other events: Dalek Invasion 13th-14th August; power-tool drag racing 25th September – last year’s event featured on the gadget show.


Conservation Development Officer, South West (Helena Jaeschke)Helena is still in post and still available for consultation. She’s hoping to announce Metal Conservation Days in late June/early July at Coldharbour Mill and the Helicopter Museum. She’s also hoping to get a list circulating for a bulk-purchasing scheme.

(Lunch break)

Museum Development Officer’s Report (Natalie Watson)Future funding is uncertain and Natalie still does not know what project money will be available. The final stage of the Sustainable Somerset Museums is the generation of resource sheets. These will be on the SWFed website and the topics will include:

Customer research Social media Setting up a Facebook page Donations box top tips Effective museum literature

In addition, there will be training delivered through the SWFed JUST for Somerset, covering: Recruiting and managing volunteers Introduction to publicity & marketing ‘Blowing your own trumpet’ Introduction to social media Income generation, strategies for fundraising

Take One: The National Gallery is still keen that people do this. Partner museums are required to run their own Take One project. You’ll get: training, support, resources, publicity & branding, contacts with schools. However, you won’t get funding. (Natalie recommends Jim Nicholas’s exhibition at Watchet Market House.

Somerset Routes: The booklet has been reprinted for the season. £10,000 has been allocated for a third year of activity, and a decision is need on how it should be spent, eg a website, a smartphone application or something else? A smartphone application has complications – it is still a limited market & it’s necessary to choose a smartphone type. Natalie & the MiS committee need to act quickly for this season, or prepare for next Easter.

Somerset Routes Exhibition The Rural Life Museum has offered to host a another Somerset Routes exhibition, from12th November to 25th February. Natalie will contact member museums.

Somerset Heritage Month: There may be one in 2012. Visitor Surveys (Colin Spackman & Natalie Watson)WHY do a visitor survey?

Aims – are these what attract people & are they being met? Advertising – How did people find out about you? – advert/flyer/word of mouth? Attractiveness – on a scale of 1 to 5 Credibility – eg good value for money? – were you what people expect?

WHEN? Every year Same time – to compare like with like Same questions – collect same data eg Aug 2007 – local 40% V outside 60%; Oct 2006 local 60% V outside 40% (half term)

WHO?


Either EVERYBODY or a random sample – NOT just people who want to do a survey.

HOW? Either staff (including volunteers) OR visitor Tick boxes OR circle options Words or numbers : poor/ok/good/excellent or 1/2/3/4 N.B. Give an EVEN number of options.

WHAT? Age Gender Local or Visitor (their definition) Number of visits (do people think that display never change?) Source – website/ word of mouth/passing by (MOT, waiting for dentist’s appointment) N.B. this lets you focus any advertising spending

Do the survey more than once – need to compare numbers.

IMPORTANTWho doesn’t visit? How do we find out about these? Try students on Business Studies/Tourism courses surveying people about the town. Get hold of people who know about the museum but don’t visit – be a pain if necessary.

Case Study – Glastonbury Rural Life Museum survey. This was focussed for evidence gathering for an HLF application. The survey should compare to census information so that the visitor profile can be compared with Somerset’s profile. Postcodes not only show how far people travel, but it is possible to use these with software for social profiling – and then advertising can be targeted. Surveys were done mid July-end of August, using clipboards & asking visitors the questions.

The meeting closed and members dispersed to look around Barrington Court and its gardens.

Members present:Organisation NamesAlfred Gillett Trust Charlotte BerryBishops Lydeard Mill and RLM Yvonne BackChard Museum David RickettsCoker Rope & Sail Trust Ross Aitken

Pam SmithCommunity Heritage Access Centre Tanya Camberwell

Christine Denley-LloydJoseph LewisLorna Prudden

Conservation Development Officer (SW) Helena JaeschkeFleet Air Arm Museum Barbara Gilbert

David HillFrome Museum Alan Davis

Brian MarshallGlastonbury Abbey Katherine GorbingHelicopter Museum Kathryn SherringtonMembers present (continued)Ilchester Museum Gerry Masters


Ros MarshMilverton Archive Nigel WoodWeston-super-Mare Museum (formerly North Somerset Museum)

Nick GoffMalcom Nicholson

Somerset and Dorset Railways Trust Robin PearsonSomerset Brick and Tile Museum Paul Wilson

Doria ShepherdSomerset County Heritage Service Tom MayberrySomerset Cricket Museum Sir Peter WallisSomerset Military Museum Mike MotumSomerset Museums Development Officer Natalie WatsonSomerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury Estelle GilbertWashford Radio Museum Neil WilsonWatchet Market House Museum Jim Nicholas Wellington Museum Colin SpackmanWestonzoyland Pumping Station John TrenchardThere were more present – I counted heads, but these are the people who signed in.

Apologies were received from:Organisation NameAxbridge Museum John PageBishop’s Palace Felicity BaberChard Museum Roger Carter

Dee & Peter ManleyCrewkerne Museum Janet Harris

Simon & Sylvia AndrewDovery Manor Museum Jo ChorleyMuseums and Libraries Association Trevor Gough

Jan HorrellMontacute House Sonja PowerMontacute TV & Radio Toy Museum Marcia and Alan HickenMuseums in Somerset Committee Member Vicky DawsonNational Trust Barbara WoodSomerset Heritage & Libraries Service Helen MansfieldWashford Radio Museum Neil WilsonWatchet Boat Museum Bruce ScottWillows & Wetlands centre Nicola Coate

Richard de PeyerFelicity & Max Hebditch


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