Issue - meetings

Purpose of report

To provide details of how the D-Day Museum Collections will be developed to deliver the aspirations for the new D-Day Museum displays, which will open in late 2017 as part of the Transforming the D-Day Museum project.

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet Member for Culture Leisure and Sport:

(1)  Approves the preparation of a separate collection development policy for the D-Day Museum.

(2)  Notes the recent acquisition of artefacts for the D-Day Museum's new displays, both purchases funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant and donations from the public.

(3)  Notes that non-collection items from the old displays which are not required for the new D-Day Museum displays will be disposed of      according to Portsmouth City Council procedures.

(4)  Approves the transfer or disposal of larger accessioned items which are        not required for the new D-Day Museum displays and which the museum does not have the storage space or funds to place in storage for the long         term. This process will be carried out according to the Museums' Collections Development Policy.

(5)  Notes that the D-Day Museum is pursuing loans of artefacts from museums in the UK and abroad, for use in its new displays.

(6)  Notes the planned loan to the Juno Beach Centre museum in Normandy of one or more artefacts from the D-Day Museum's collection.

(TAKE IN REPORT)

The report was introduced by Andrew Whiltmarsh, D-Day Museum Development Officer.

DECISIONS: the Cabinet Member:

(1)Approved the preparation of a separate collection development policy for the D-Day Museum.

(2)  Noted the recent acquisition of artefacts for the D-Day Museum's new displays, both purchases funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant and donations from the public.

(3)  Noted that non-collection items from the old displays which are not required for the new D-Day Museum displays will be disposed of according to Portsmouth City Council procedures.

(4)  Approved the transfer or disposal of larger accessioned items which are not required for the new D-Day Museum displays and which the museum does not have the storage space or funds to place in storage for the long term. This process will be carried out according to the Museums' Collections Development Policy.

(5)  Noted that the D-Day Museum is pursuing loans of artefacts from museums in the UK and abroad, for use in its new displays.

(6)  Noted the planned loan to the Juno Beach Centre museum in Normandy of one or more artefacts from the D-Day Museum's collection.