Want to donate, loan or leave material to your
local museum or gallery? Here's how!
Penrith Museum welcomes donations which are
relevant to its collections as set out in its collections policy.
Broadly, this represents a wide range of material relating to the
history art and culture of the area encompassed by Eden District
Council. While it is always filling gaps and developing new fields
it has to be selective not least to avoid duplication. Occasionally
material is accepted and lent for the purposes of handling for
educational purposes. However, the bulk of the holdings are
preserved in a protective environment researched and catalogued to
a high standard, and when appropriate conserved professionally.
Other museums and organisations can borrow material for display
purposes, provided that various criteria regarding security and
insurance can be met. Where this is not possible it might be
possible to copy material providing the museum holds the relevant
rights to allow this. We will not normally borrow material except
for display in a special temporary exhibition. Finally, the museum
welcomes bequests but it reserves the right not to be bound by
special conditions of acceptance exceeding the terms of reference
pertaining to the collections already described or limiting or
conflicting with the policies which it has officially adopted, or
may do so at a later date. The museum may decline to accept
material which is not considered to be suitable.
For further information:
The curators will be pleased to give further
advice on this subject if necessary.
- Contact: Sydney T Chapman BA,
MPhil, PhD, or Mrs Judith Clarke, MA, AMA, Joint Curators, Penrith
Museum, Robinson School, Penrith CA11 7PT
- Telephone: (01768) 212228
- Email:
museum@eden.gov.uk
- Fax: (01768) 891754
