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Angus Museums Review June 2009 ANGUS MUSEUMS REVIEW January 2010 MISSION STATEMENT “Angus Museums will inspire understanding and appreciation of our cultural values, heritage and environment, using collections to tell our story and prepare us for the future.” (ref. Museums forward Plan 1096/07) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Links to National and Local Outcomes Museums in Angus are well placed to assist the people of Angus to achieve Scottish Government National Outcomes. There are straightforward links to 6 of the 13 of these as set out in Angus Council’s Single Outcome Agreement. These are included in Appendix A. Museums may have a role in interpreting and disseminating information on many of the other National Outcomes Management The Departmental reporting structure for museums is included as Appendix B Staffing A staffing chart for Angus museums is included as Appendix C Historically, Angus Museums have had a low number of professionally qualified staff for the number of museums and galleries operated and the range of activities undertaken by the museums. There are no qualified Museums Education and Outreach staff. The recent Regional Development Challenge Fund ‘Tayside Museums Learning and Access Partnership project established that there is a proven demand for the activities such staff carry out. We are undertaking a staffing review within Cultural Services which will address this. Additionally, the review has identified the need for staff to address both community issues and the need to upgrade our museum displays to encourage heritage tourism and bring more visitors to Angus. Volunteers Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) note that, ‘The role of volunteers is without doubt of extreme importance to the delivery of services within the museums sector’ and that People volunteer in museums to:- gain experience for employment/entry into the museum sector get involved in their local community by preserving and promoting local heritage to make use of existing skills and knowledge gain confidence, new skills and new experiences meet and socialise with other people Angus Museums has worked with volunteers and in order to continue to do so effectively, we will formulate and implement a Museum Volunteer policy and procedures in line with the Angus Council Volunteering Strategy. In considering how the communities Angus Museums serve are most likely to benefit from the involvement of volunteers, we will explore possibilities for new ways of working with the Friends of Brechin Town House Museum to provide the maximum mutual benefit prior to the reopening of the Museum in Spring/Summer 2010. Lessons learned from this process will inform the production of the museums volunteer policy and the future roll out of procedures and volunteer involvement to our other museums and galleries In order that the quality of service be maintained and that the quality of the experience is maximised for each volunteer, it is essential that there is adequate supervision, training and guidance/mentoring by museum staff. It should be recognised that capacity to provide support, training and supervision will be constrained by current staffing levels and competencies. There is no doubt that the properly facilitated and managed use of volunteers can significantly improve the service museums provide and the quality of visitor experience. However, volunteers are not a substitute for professionally qualified museum staff and it is important to recognise the strengths of both. Friends of Museums There are currently Friends groups for: The William Lamb Studio Brechin Town House Museum Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum As work progresses towards refurbishment and redevelopment projects in Angus museums, we will investigate the formation of Friends groups for Signal Tower Museum and Forfar Museum and Art Gallery. Montrose Museum was founded by and based upon the collections of the Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society (MNHAS). The Society still exists and supports the activities of the Museum through its programme of talks and lectures. We will explore the possibilities of strengthening existing links, by forming an active Friends group associated with MNHAS and the Friends of William Lamb Studio (FOWLS). We do not consider it necessary to amend the current arrangement we have had since 2007 with the Friends of the William Lamb Studio when we added the Chair and Secretary of the Friends to the Lamb Advisory Committee. This has brought them into the management of the Studio and we have found this to be very successful. We will discuss this Advisory Committee model with the Friends of both Brechin Town House Museum and Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum, and will consider rolling out the model to museums in Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath. Elected Members and representatives from the community would also be invited to join these advisory committees. Development Redevelopment and refurbishment of Museums and Galleries With the exception of Brechin Town House Museum, which is currently undergoing complete refurbishment and redisplay, there has been no significant refurbishment of any of Angus Council’s Museums in recent years. The most recent developments were as follows: Montrose Museum 1981 Signal Tower Museum 1990 Forfar Museum 1996 Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens 2002 This coupled with cumulative effects of underinvestment in maintenance of buildings and plant does not provide adequate conditions to provide the facilities expected of a museum service for the 21st century. However, this does provide an unprecedented opportunity to review and consider the development of the Museums Service as a whole, building on the strengths of the collections to interpret local themes which, when combined tell the larger story of Angus past and present, for all. Museums have a huge part to play in the tourism Sector (see Angus Council’s Tourism Strategy) and refurbished displays can do much to attract visitors to Angus, especially with the increased focus on Heritage Tourism. Subject to availability of budgets, we will refurbish all of our museums to this end. In Signal Tower Museum we will: Interpret the Maritime and industrial heritage of Angus. Tell the story of the Bell Rock lighthouse and the people who built and manned it to mark the bicentenary of its foundation. In Montrose Museum we will: Use Archaeological, Social History, Natural History and Ethnography collections to tell the ‘Montrose Story’. Exploit the extensive collection of William Lamb’s work by considering the creation of a William Lamb Gallery In Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum we will: Illustrate the story of Kirriemuir and the Glens through the lives of such notable residents as Sir Charles Lyell, Sir James Barrie and Sir Hector Munro. Will establish a working group to refurbish displays and exhibitions with the friends of Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum Forfar Museum and Art Gallery Forfar as the geographical and administrative centre will is the best placed Museum to provide an overview of the culture, history and landscape of Angus. Hence, in the Meffan we will: Tell the ‘Forfar Story’. Create displays which will provide information which will encourage local people and visitors to explore Angus and which will put their discoveries into context. Retain temporary display and exhibition spaces. In Brechin Town House Museum We will establish a working group with The Friends of Brechin Town House Museum and others to refurbish displays at Brechin Town House Museum. Collections Management and Development We will establish a Collections Unit to address issues associated with museums collections management and development. We will seek to improve the housing of the museum collections and will identify resources and partners to do so. We will progress towards completing input of object records, associated information and images into Adlib, the museums documentation software package. We will make records available on line via the Angus Council website during 2010. Access improvements In order to improve access to museums and to comply with disability discrimination legislation works have been carried out at Forfar Museum and Art Gallery during 2009 and are scheduled to begin at Montrose Museum in November of 2009. Access and accessibility were central to the planning of refurbished facilities at Brechin Town House Museum. The Historic Buildings which house Signal Tower Museum in Arbroath and Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum pose significant difficulties in terms of physical access which make it unlikely that such access will be possible in the near future. In order that a reasonable level of service is maintained for all visitors we propose that elements of virtual access to displays and collections will be available in parts of each building that are accessible to all. Museums Accreditation In May 2009 Angus Museums were awarded Accredited Status by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). Five museums gained full Accreditation:- Forfar Museum and Art Gallery Montrose Museum Signal Tower Museum, Arbroath Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum The William Lamb Studio, Montrose One Museum gained Provisional Accreditation as it was closed to the public for development work at the time of assessment. Brechin Town House Museum Part of the Museums Accreditation Standard is the ‘adequate staffing of museums’. It is a specific requirement for the progression of Brechin Town House Museum from Provisional to Full Accreditation for there to be ‘Staff appropriate in numbers and experience (front
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