Heritage

heritage centre & civic society

• secure realistic and sustainable levels of revenue – mixed economy• address the need for capital investment – mixed economy• safeguard collections for present and future generations • realise centre’s potential contribution to life-wide and lifelong

learning • build regional and national relationships for touring exhibitions and

support• build capacity to release centres’ contribution to learning, tourism

and social inclusion • invest in people, staff and volunteers • devise and implement new and enlarged building extension to

enhance stewardship of collections and provision of art, history, culture and community services to the public

• develop the use of information and communication technology

heritage centre plan

• Build Sponsorship• Attract Private Sector Support• Access Business Skills• Develop Partnership working• Invest in the Community• Bid for sustainable funding• Extension of heritage site and town reach• MLA and regional strategic development

quick wins• Seek MLA Museum

accreditation• Renaissance-regional

museum hubs building capacity

• Build archives programme• Work with public library• National Heritage Days• National Family History• Roadshows/Fund raising

•Creative Industries Money Map•Roots and Winds Awards•Esmee Fairburn Foundation•Gulbekian Prize•National archaeology week•Exhibitions•What’s On•Trails•Dynamic/interactive web site

22 sources of funding and advice• Arts & Business • AIM (Association of

Independent Museums) • Arts Council England • Association for Heritage Interp

retation

• The British Council • British Library • British Tourist Authority - UK I

ndustry

• Campaign for Museums • Conservation Register • Cornucopia • The DCMS / Wolfson Museum

s and Galleries Improvement Fund

DCMS (Department for Culture, Media & Sport) Heritage Lottery Fund Historical Manuscripts Commission International Council Of Museums MLA - the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Media contacts MLA West Midlands Museums and Galleries Month The Museums Association National Centre for VolunteeringCalimera: European Funding Opportunities for Local Museums, Libraries and Archives

Museums net cost per visit/usage

Average cost per visit UK

• £3.86

Average cost per visit Uttoxeter

• £4.03

centre extension

• Connect sympathetic oak and glass extension to listed building by glass walkway, this will not detract from the original building or affect its structure in any way…..

digital heritage centre vision

• In the information age, the idea of 'object', 'visit' and (even) 'site' have been transformed.

• Our community has more resource than most small museums can hold, we can create a community project to digitise objects and create a collective memory and craft museum – fully accessible online seeding by touch access at the centre……………

references• References• Bryan J., Hill S., Munday M., Roberts A., (2000) Assessing the role of the arts and cultural

industries• in a local economy, Environment and Planning A, 32, pp1391-1408.• Bryan J, Clarke D, HUS, Munday M and Roberts A (1998) The Economic Impact of the Arts and• Cultural Industries in Wales, Welsh Economy Research Unit, Cardiff University of Wales.• Creigh-Tyte S, Selwood S, (1998) Museums in the UK: Some Evidence on Scale and Activities,• Journal of Cultural Economics, 22, pp151-165• Jackson R, (1988) A Museum Cost Function, Journal of Cultural Economics, 12, pp41-50.• Johnson P and Thomas B (1998) The Economics of Museums: A Research Perspective, Journal

of Cultural Economics, 22, pp75-85.• Lange M, Bullard J., Luksetisch W., Jacobs P., (1985) Cost Functions for Symphony Orchestras,• Journal of Cultural Economics, 9, pp71-85.• Middleton VTC (1998) New Visions for Museums in the 21st Century, Association of Independent• Museums.• Shepherd J (1999) A Review of Research Priorities and Practice for the Museums, Libraries and• Archives Council, University of Leeds.