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Annual Report 2015.Pdf Annual Report 2015 The Salisbury Museum The King’s House 65 The Close Salisbury Wiltshire SP1 2EN Telephone 01722 332151 [email protected] www.salisburymuseum.org.uk The Salisbury Museum is an independent charity 289850 Front cover: Salisbury, from Old Sarum By JMW Turner, c 1827-28 The Salisbury Museum Annual Report 2015 The period at a glance £61,244 Grant from Wiltshire Council 58,132 Museum users £46,488 Donations and legacies 36,485 Museum visitors £15,000 Grant from Salisbury City Council 14,368 Volunteer work hours 1572 People at Christmas event 949 Members of the museum 250 Volunteers 28 Family learning events 8 Temporary exhibitions Stonehenge at Sunset by JMW Turner, watercolour, 1811, Private Collection The Chairman’s Report Salisbury Museum was founded in 1860. The Magna Carta celebrations made an Since then it has expanded to reflect the impact on the city and we had our own growth of its internationally important Trussell Trust Baron keeping watch at the collection. One hundred and fifty six years front of the King’s House. A mummified rat later I am delighted to report an excellent year belonging to the museum was loaned to the for Salisbury Museum. Visitor numbers are up Cathedral Magna Carta exhibition. Whilst and the museum continues to make a perhaps not the most prestigious exhibit significant contribution to the visitor relating to the famous charter, the rat is experience in the Cathedral Close, attracting nonetheless a constant source of fascination. the local community and people from all over the world. The feedback we get from our Our exhibitions continued to enhance the life visitors is invaluable as we continue to shape of the museum. Secular to Sacred – The Story the future of the museum. of the Lacock Cup was the first of the year. This spotlight tour from the British Museum This last year has been something of a told the history of this magnificent piece of consolidating year for the museum. We have craftsmanship. There was much interest in this enjoyed the fruits of the hard work that went rare silver chalice reflected in the very good into finishing the Wessex Gallery and have visitor numbers. Our summer exhibition this built upon our reputation for fine exhibitions. year was Turner’s Wessex – Architecture and All of this has been leading towards the next Ambition. Curated by Ian Warrell, this stage of our masterplan that has been revised exhibition, the first of its kind, was devoted to to accommodate and reflect the momentum JMW Turner’s drawings and paintings of created at the museum. Salisbury Cathedral, the city and its 1 surroundings. The exhibition drew more than weekend and much credit must be given to 21,000 visitors over a four-month period. We the museum learning team – Owain Hughes remain indebted to our sponsors for Turner’s and Katy England and their team who put Wessex. These include the Foyle Foundation, together this highly successful event. There Henry C. Hoare Charitable Trust, and for our are more details regarding the museum catalogue, Woolley and Wallis. All our education and outreach programme in other sponsors are listed under the sustainability sections of this report. section of this report. Many institutions up and down the country Turner was followed by John Hinchcliffe: The would not survive without their volunteers. Definitive works of a Decorative Artist. Salisbury Museum is no different and Curated by his widow, Wendy Barber, this was acknowledges that our team of volunteers is the first posthumous retrospective of invaluable to the life of the museum. Hinchcliffe’s work and demonstrated the Volunteering takes many shapes and includes impact of Salisbury and the surrounding area people with a variety of life skills. From those on all aspects of his creative life. at the front desk to those whose expertise takes them into the back rooms and myriad The Festival of Archaeology, taking place in corners of the King’s House – all are much July this year, continued to focus on the core appreciated and valued. David Balston and his collection of the museum and to introduce a team aptly demonstrate an example of such wider audience to the world of archaeology. work. David was a trustee of the museum until Fascinating talks by leading archaeologists this year but has remained as part of the including Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Turi volunteer team managing the documentation King shed light on the way modern technology of the collections. The aim, is to eventually is changing the way we understand the world ensure that the entire museum collection will of our forebears. The museum buzzed with be catalogued and placed online – and people from all generations during this available to the public. This is an extremely Jacqueline McKinley and Turi King at the Festival of Archaeology, July 2015 (photo by Ash Mills) 2 comprehensive project and I was delighted to as a trustee this year having been on the spend a morning with David witnessing a Board for thirteen years. We were also sad to small part of this task in action. I extend my say farewell to Richard Morgan who has heartfelt thanks to David Balston and to all the resigned as a trustee after sterling work as people who are the foundation of the museum chair of the exhibitions committee for eight task force. years and on the Board for eleven years. Richard has been a driving force behind our We are delighted to report that Salisbury exhibitions programme and has given an Museum has been granted full accreditation enormous amount of his time and expertise in from the Arts Council England. This fundraising and overall planning. His role has accreditation reflects the diligence and been taken by John Perry, retired chief professionalism of the Director and his staff executive of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight and they are to be congratulated. Air Ambulance Service. We welcome John and offer our sincere gratitude to Richard for In April Salisbury Museum joined the Wessex all that he has done for Salisbury Museum. Five. This is a partnership between the Dorset County Museum, Poole Museum, Russell- We have also said farewell to Kim Van Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Salisbury Rensburg (née Chittick), an outstanding Museum and Wiltshire Museum. Collectively, Exhibitions Officer for seven years and these museums have been awarded a grant of welcomed Joyce Paesen in her place. Joyce £473,703 from the Arts Council England’s joins us from the Open Air Museum of Bokrijk Museum Resilience Fund to support a in Belgium and has already overseen three significant programme of shared working and exhibitions at the museum. We are delighted skills development that will grow cultural to have her on the team. Other staff changes tourism and develop our fundraising capacity. include the role of Development Officer being The funding we have been awarded (£46,800) permanently taken by Sara Willis and that of will go towards continuing to employ Jacquie Marketing Officer by Louise Tunnard. Thanks Kingsley and Sara Willis in their roles as to our Marketing Officer we now tweet, blog Fundraising Consultant and Development and communicate through social media – Officer. methods of engagement with the wider public that would have been unimaginable to the From time to time, the museum is offered a people who founded this museum one collection or archive from an artist or hundred and fifty six years ago. institution. Such offers are given careful consideration; we are mindful of the Like many other people in the wider Salisbury responsibility and resources required for the community, we were deeply saddened by the protection of such archives. It is also important death of Lord Congleton. Christopher to consider their place in our own collections. Congleton was a champion for the museum. In 2015 Mo Thursby approached the museum He oversaw the move from St Ann Street to to ask that the work of her late husband, Peter the museum’s current home in the King’s Thursby (1930-2011), might be placed in the House and was highly instrumental in bringing care of Salisbury Museum. Thursby was an our first blockbuster exhibition – Constable – artist and sculptor who was born in Salisbury to the museum. This has set a precedent that and went to Bishop Wordsworth’s School. He has had profound consequences. Salisbury went on to become a leading artist of his Museum will remain in his debt. generation with commissions all over the world ranging in scale from the domestic to As I write this report the media is full of stories the monumental. His work is increasingly of the decline of regional museums. These highly regarded. We believe that the gift of his remain testing economic times for museums archive will improve the standing of our 20th such as this one but I am fully confident that century art collection. We were also delighted the plans we have in place for fulfilling the to accept an archive of photographs and aims of our revised masterplan will ensure that negatives from the Salisbury Journal. We plan the museum will continue to be an important to digitise these and place them online. part of the life of the city and community of Salisbury. With our ongoing programme of Every year sees changes in the people who exhibitions we hope to build on our contribute to the museum on various membership and visitor numbers to ensure the committees and who give their time and future of this unique and vibrant institution. energy for the greater good of the institution. I have mentioned David Balston who resigned Susanna Denniston, Chair of Trustees 3 'White Flower' by John Hinchcliffe, 1982 Increasing Visitor Numbers Major Exhibitions Delivering a fascinating visitor experience, The impact of the Lacock Cup on our visitors everyday, is the most challenging thing our was thrilling.
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