the transformation of gold hill museum
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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