Museum Archives to be Revealed
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery has been given a National Archives scoping
grant through their Archives Revealed programme, one of only four announced this month. The grant will be used to appoint a specialist to produce a report on the collections at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery.
Archives Revealed focuses on transforming access to archives for a wide range of users, enabling more people to engage with the UK’s rich documentary heritage. It is a partnership programme between The National Archives and The Pilgrim Trust, and is the only funding stream in the UK dedicated to cataloguing and unlocking archives.
The specialist report on the collections will incorporate expert advice on a range of areas relating to collections management and development. In particular:
• an overview of the current status of the collection
• analysis of its overall condition, significance, existing and potential use, levels of access, and existing documentation
• recommendations about the next steps to achieve the development goals for the service
Damian Etheraads, Museum and Cultural Development Manager says: “[The grant] will enable us to better understand our extensive archives of local books and directories, maps, newspaper cuttings, photographs and local interest journals and magazines so that we can make better of use of these collections in the future.”
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