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Surrey Museums Consultative Committee

Development Plan 2003-2008

Aim:

We hope this strategy will be useful to the museums of Surrey, and to those who work with them and on their behalf. It sets out our vision that the 41 museums in the county will meet minimum standards, and that many will excel. The strategy comes from · A 'needs analysis' based upon research by our regional museums agency · A strategic review of the work of SMCC undertaken by Chris Drake, West Sussex Museums Development Officer · Consultation with museums and stakeholders.

Actions:

The plan sets out twenty 'general actions', and a number of specific actions to enable all museums to achieve a basic level, and encourage museums to attain higher levels in:

Planning and Consultation
ICT as a management tool
Audience Development / Marketing
Intellectual Access - Display
Intellectual Access - Informal Learning
Intellectual Access - Formal Learning
Physical/Sensory Access
Environment
Storage
Housekeeping and Security
Documentation
Personal and Community Development

The SMCC officers will 'support' actions taken by museums or their governing bodies through:

An annual visit to each museum
Provision of training, including access to the SMCC library and other resources
Telephone, letter and email response to ongoing needs
Grant aid
Advocacy

In addition to ongoing support, several major projects are suggested in this plan, including:

A Photograph Collections Survey
SurreyScape (web access to collections information)
County wide Archaeology store
Design studio
Employment of ICT/Documentation officer
Rolling archaeology programme
Employment of marketing officer

We will help museums to access SMCC resources by publishing an annual listing of SMCC team responsibilities, planned grant rounds (with priorities), updates on project work and other general and specific actions, and training schedule.

You can also view infomation from our annual report here.

For more information about Surrey Museums Consultative Committe, or to recieve the full text of the development plan or annual report, please contact us.