the transformation of gold hill museum

The Transformation of

Gold Hill Museum

A local project run by volunteers

Anna McDowell

WHY TRANSFORM THE

MUSEUM?

Do we have to do it?

The building

What’s wrong?

The building

What’s wrong?

The building

What’s wrong?

The building

What’s wrong?

The building

What’s wrong?

THE PREPARATION YEARS

Seven years of preparation

Seven long years of

pre-planning

• Defining a need

• Consultation

• Policy writing

• Planning

• Raising the funds

• The Heritage Lottery Fund application

Opinion Survey 2005

Opinion Survey 2005

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3%

3%

9%

11%

3%

3%6%3%3%

9%

3%

3%

6%

14%

3%

9%

Berkshire

Bristol

Buckinghamshire

Ceredigion

Devon

Dorset

Essex

Glasgow

Hampshire

Kent

Leicestershire

London

Ross-shire

Somerset

Surrey

Wiltshire

Worcestershire

overseas

Wiltshire

Dorset

London

Devon

Berkshire

Hampshire

Surrey

Overseas

The plans

The plans

RAISING THE MONEY

The project would cost £647,000

Fund Raising – Shute Form Garden Opening

Fund Raising – Quiz nights

Fund Raising – Valentines Evening

Fund Raising – Shaftesbury & Gillingham Show

Who funded the project?

Companies, organisations, trusts and

individuals

BBC Radio Solent Community Chest

Burfitt & Garrett Ltd

Bullough Tompson Charitable Settlement

Charity of William Williams

The Charles Hayward Foundation

Dorset County Council

The Foyle Foundation

G E Johnson's & Son (Shaftesbury) Ltd

Monument Trust

Philip Proctor Associates

Semley Women's Institute

Shaftesbury Charitable Trust

Shaftesbury Evening Women's Institute

Shaftesbury Town Council

Stephen Clark 1957 Charitable Trust

Strattons Carpets and Furniture's

Trinity Trust

The Veneziana Fund

Woolley & Wallis Chartered Surveyors

Plus over 50 individuals gave personal

donations

THE PROJECT STARTS

February 2010

Packing

Packing

Moving

Moving

Building work

Building work

Building work

Building work

Building work

Building work

Building work

Building work

CONSERVATION WORK

Saving our collection

Conserving our collection for the future

Conserving our

collection for the future

AFTER THE BUILDERS MOVED OUT

We start on the exhibition

The display cases are installed

The objects are returned

The objects are returned

The objects are returned

The objects are returned

The stories are told

The cases are filled

FINALLY WE OPEN

The museum opened to the public on 8th July 2011

The speeches - Thursday 7th July 2011

Celebrating the opening- Thursday 7th July 2011

Volunteers celebrating the opening- Thursday 7th July 2011

Volunteers with Janet Bell, Museum Consultant, celebrating the opening- Thursday 7th July 2011

Heritage Lottery Fund personnel - Thursday 7th July 2011

WAS IT WORTH IT?

I will leave this up to you to decide

The new entrance

One of the seven new exhibition rooms

One of the seven new exhibition rooms

The new Local History Library

The Garden Room for lectures, talks, workshops and other activities

Inside the new Garden Room

The garden

A page from the visitors comments book

I THINK SO

Was it worth it?

Thank you for your support